100 Strangers: Stranger 19

Stranger Number 19: Karyn Taylor from Dunedin, an Installation Artist and Tango Instructor. She currently has a work being shown in the Dunedin Fringe Festival based on 7 booths of colour and sound, representing the 7 Chakras.

The original thread for my 100 Strangers is buried in the archives here. If you want to read my Strangers' full descriptions in more detail you can check my 100 Strangers set on flickr, and you can also see alternate pictures of them in my 100 Strangers Alternates set.

Fire Poi

Summer brings warmth to Wellington, and with it comes those who play with fire. Fire Artists...jugglers, staffs, poi, chains, etc. Every Tuesday night Frank Kitts Park and the lagoon light up, with fire spitting from spinning and twisting metal. Don't forget to bring your bag of marshmallows!

Fire Poi, basically a metal handle and chain with a ball and wick on the end. Sometimes the ball has extra material stuffed in it to soak up more flammble liquid like kerosene or paraffin. I believe it actually originated from the Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand. The word poi meaning "ball".

This is my version of Harry Potter getting his fire poi on. Harry Potter And The Poi Of Fire. In theatres next month.