Sculpture for Dubai Aluminum Company (aka Dubal) - Dubai, UAE

Heath Satow presented a specially commissioned sculpture commemorating DUBAL's twenty-five
years of operation to His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoumunveiled in Dubai, UAE on
January 9th, 2005. DUBAL (Dubai Aluminium) is one of the world's largest aluminum smelters, and
a significant portion of Dubai's economy.

Weighing 1500 pounds and standing nine feet tall, the highly polished sphere represents the world
cradled in a massive aluminum hand, and symbolically emphasizes the amazing growth and expansion
of both DUBAL and Dubai. Positioned at the center of the sphere is a blue aluminum piece, in the
shape of the UAE, with an ultra-bright blue LED locating Dubai.

The crate being opened:




While still wrapped, we craned the piece onto
a temporary, rotating base for the event:




Setting up the lights, smoke machine, drapes, etc:




Testing the lighting:




More lighting tests:




Ah, yes, that's looking pretty cool:




Oh, the drama:




The self-lit parts of the globe are working nicely:




Oh, yeah, we've got it all set up now:




Looking from the front stage, back towards the entrance. The big dark
mass in the middle of all the light is the drapes around the sculpture:




The main entrance from outside. The sculpture
is right behind the wall in the middle.




After the event and unveiling, lots of people
took turns posing in front of the piece:




One last shot of it in the temporary location:




That evening, immedately after the event, we
craned it onto its permanent base outside:




Rigging genius (and master ice climber) Nick climbed the
sculpture to drape the curtain over the piece outside,
while lighting specialist Adrian looks on:




All set to go for the morning unveiling at its permanent site:




Lit up at night:




And during the day:




The press conference that followed the event (note the sculpture rendering on the right):




Corporate affairs manager for Dubai Aluminum, Mohammed Yahya,
presents Heath Satow with a gift from Dubai Aluminum:




Adrian and Mike from Eclipse, the company that set up this whole
event, with Heath Satow in the middle. At the 18th hole of the
course that hosts the Desert Golf Classic:




One last spin for the cameras: