Have you ever wondered how your favorite FAI event comes together and who exactly makes it all happen? This series aims to answer that and more, 10 questions at a time. With Kinetic Fire just a few weeks away, we sat down with one of their Directors, Jess Mardini, and asked her our burning questions. 1 – What brought you …
10 Questions with Brian Estes
Have you ever wondered how your favorite FAI event comes together and who exactly makes it all happen? This series aims to answer that and more, 10 questions at a time. We sat down with Brian Estes, Director of F.L.A.M.E. Festival and asked him our burning questions. 1 – What brought you into the flow arts? My first experience with …
Tutsday – Mufasa Moves – Liquid Fold Variation
Greetings Flow Artists! Welcome to another exciting edition of Tutsdays, the tutorial series brought to you by the Flow Arts Institute! This week’s Tutsday features Mufasa Lee, a multi-prop artist hailing from St. Louis, Missouri, and was shot at FLAME 2017 by Moxie Watts aka Emily Bradley. You can find Mufasa in the fire circle and teaching classes at flow …
10 Questions with Timbo Slice
Have you ever wondered how your favorite FAI event comes together and who exactly makes it all happen? This series aims to answer that and more, 10 questions at a time. We were recently lucky enough to hang out with Timbo Slice, a Director for FLAME Festival & Flashepoint, and the General Manager for Fahrenheit! Obviously, he’s a very busy …
10 Questions with Caitlin Matanle
Have you ever wondered how your favorite FAI event comes together and who exactly makes it all happen? This series aims to answer that and more, 10 questions at a time. We sat down with Caitlin Matanle, one of the Directors of FLAME, and asked her our burning questions. 1 – What brought you into the flow arts? Over a …
10 Questions with Nick Garcia
Have you ever wondered how your favorite FAI event comes together and who exactly makes it all happen? This series aims to answer that and more, 10 questions at a time. This time around, we talk with Nick Garcia, General Manager for FLAME Festival. 1 – What brought you into the flow arts? When I first saw fire spinning at an …
Tutsday: Kennedy Jenkins – Folding with Triads
Hello again, Flow Arts Family! We are back with another exciting edition of the Flow Arts Institute’s tutorial series called Tutsday! We were lucky enough to run into Kennedy Jenkins at FLAME 2017, where he had enough time to pass along some of his triad knowledge for us to share with you. Check out this awesome tutorial on Folding with Triads. Video …
Tutsday: Maghoops with Jozette Gordon
Happy Tutsday everyone! In this quick tutorial, we highlight the amazing Jozette Gordon. She shows us a mesmerizing and unique type of hoop called Maghoops. Maghoops are a new and a magical way to play. There are two magnets in each hoop. Line up all three magnets in the hoops. Begin by holding your hands onto the magnets, while gripping …
The Quest for the “Perfect” Prop Bag
I’ve been juggling seriously for over 25 years, and during that time, I have been on a continual quest for the impossible. That “more rare than rare,” the unicorn and griffin combined, the Holy Grail being held by an honest politician. I speak, of course, of the perfect prop bag. The “perfect” bag used to be something that could hold …
What’s in Your First Aid Kit?
In this article, we took to crowdsourcing to gather information on what is common in fire performer’s first aid kits when they are out performing. We asked members of the Fire Performance Safety Discussion Facebook Group what are some things they always carry in their kit and the results are below. Although there is not one solid answer and everyone …