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The fire pit below is a new project for us and is still being modified to this day. We are now planning for the fiber optics in all 14 waterfalls! If you look carefully you will see then before we install the lighting. We have been working with new ways of altering fire and we have found how to burn hydrogen! For now you will see the flame change to a lighter more orange flame when the hydrogen hits the fire. We have found how to make fire tornadoes in the process, which makes for a spectacular flame effect! Now for the pictures. We also installed a complete mister system all around the water fall and fire pits to help with the hydrogen.
The 2 below are at dusk with no fire and only lights
 
 
The one above is with the flames starting
The 2 below are of the right side and a full shoot
 
Do you see the face the water fall makes with the fire on? We call it a Pirate!
 
 
You can see the fire changing in the pictures above and below.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
There were 2=42" stainless steel pans made and filled with 3 stainless steel burners in each pan. The water runs through the pans helping with the hydrogen. The colors used was a bronze base and bronze reflective with gold on top.
 
The next step is to install the fiber optics. Keep checking back!
This is how it began! 5 days to finish this project.
 
 
Boise International Airport
Fire Water feature in the lobby/ food court
 
 This fire pit featured starfire surrounded by water. We only did the glass and the burners were by another company.
Three Public Art Projects Selected for Boise Airport
BoiseCity Council has approved the selected artists to design and build an art glass fireplace with Aquatic Glassel, a cast and fused glass wall feature, and a fabric mural for the new buildings of the Boise Airport. Art projects will complement the modern, curvilinear architecture inspired by Idahos natural resources.
Project: Fireplace/Water Feature Artists:Lawrence Ko and Ray Ahlgren from Portland, Oregon and Moderustic of Rancho Cucamonga, California
Budget: $155,000 Site: Food Court in New Terminal Completion: September 2004
Sponsored by:Boises Percent-for-Art, Aviation and Public Transportation Department
A fireplace made of glass (Aquatic Glassel) with a surrounding water basin feature inspired by the stepped landforms of the Boise Riverbanks and nearby reservoir will act as a beacon of light within the new food court area. Sited below a skylight, the fireplace will be a focal point and gathering space for travelers.
Starfire Installed below
The fire pit below has a 1/4" clear, 1/2" clear base with red orange topping, emerald green topping and light sky blue topping. The was a basic wood burning fire pit purchased locally and converted with our fire pit propane kit (FPPK)
The fire pit below has a half round 4 piece stainless steel ring custom made to fit the shape of the fire pit.
The propane conversion was here in Southern California. Crista brought the bowl and we did the rest.
 
Crista brought the top pan and lid and we installed a propane burner We installed one of our FPPK kits (fire pit propane kit)
 
 
This is the table Crista built to hold the copper pan/ bowl
 
The fire pit/ table is at the Roxbury Hotel and we will show you the progress here from beginning to end. This was a propane installation with our FPPK burner. The colors used were:
1/4" starfire, 1/2" starfire, gold, Lime Green Topper, Pale Olive Green Topper, Olive Green Topper,a little bit of wood and tile and here you go!
Above shows the framing and the gas line coming in.
Below shows the pipe coming out of the floor and the thermo-coupler on the glass next to the igniter
Roxbury Hotel, a cool fire pit!
The fire pit below has bronze and bronze reflective installed and is located in Canada. This is one very nice backyard make over!
     
The first project we are working on is the Maryland Hotel (Ivy Hotel now) Roof Top Fire Pit in downtown San Diego, California on the 7th floor roof top!
It measures 60" across, 30" tall and 144" long!
The fire table/ fire pit will and a 5' x 12' surface top in smooth concrete with a 16" x 120" stainless steel fire tray of to one side. We will post pictures as the project grows on.
Te fire pit is constructed with a new flexible track and about 3,000 screws, 240' of galvanized channel, 450 welds, 600 lbs of GFRC/ Wonder Board and coated in smooth texture concrete.
This was just before delivery, dry fit.
Once on the roof top the two halves were attached and the pan was installed
There were two burners and two controls installed
The glass is going in after the position of the fire table was adjusted. Pictures will be here soon!
If you look at the walls of the roof top you can see most of San Diego.
The table now has had a different coat of colored concrete applied and a granite top. The glass that is installed is starfire. The Hotel plumber was not very careful as he mixed the lava with the glass and now it looks like salt and pepper. We will be taking a trip to San Diego to fix this mixing issue because we would like to post finished pictures of the fire table burning at night time.
     
The fire pit below has azurlite as a base and ice on top making the letter Y
The fire pit below will show you how not to do it (bad plumbing) and how easy it is to install a battery operated remote control. The glass used was ford blue and we installed 2 44" stainless steel "H" burners.
In the pictures on the top right, do you see the plumbing sticking out of the pit? Well this was fixed, but not by the plumber that tried to install it. We cut a little bit of concrete and placed the valve in properly.
Above you will see a very poor attempt of a gas burner and valve.
The picture above has our twin remotes inside the box protected from the weather.
We covered the larger lava rock with our crushed lava rock to pour a 1 1/2" ford blue base to cover the lava and burners. Unless you plan to cover your outdoor fire pit we recommend to use all stainless steel burners and parts to avoid rusting.
Once the glass covers the box, it just looks nice. To replace the batteries, move the glass on the top and the rest is simple.
The fire pit above is at the Torrance Marriott in California.
The fire bowl below is one of our newest products/ projects. The first one went to Ramsey Burton in Kentucky of which after he installs it is his ten foot granite table we will show you pictures of his project. This is a 48" spun aluminum bowl with a 24" center bowl with a water feature with fibre optics. The outer bowl has a stainless steel ring for a full surround fire feature. So here are the first proto-type pictures from the shop.
These pictures show what happens when it gets darker as the fire is attracted to the water. Opposites attract, maybe this is why most of us are still together. The question is" Who is the FIRE?"
No we add the fibre optics in the center bowl.
The glass we used was our multi mix. At least 80 colors are showing.
You can change the water head for a different effect.
We are going to be showing this for the first time in Palm Springs on December 06 2007 on Thursday evening at the Village Fest. This is just a base you would build your table around and we can add any feature or effect you would like. We will be adding several features to this fire/ water feature in the next few weeks. We will be posting pictures from the Village Fest after the first showing. If you dream it, we will build it. The fire pit below is a 36" round stainless steel pan
with a 24" stainless steel ring. The glass is bronze rust copper. This
pan can easily be adapted for propane as well.
          The pictures below are of the fire pit on the roof top of the Marriott in downtown San Diego in the Gas Lamp District on the 24th
floor, very cool view if your ever there. The 2 half round 24" x 48"
stainless steel rings were made custom for this fire pit. The glass
that was used was a 50/50 mix of starfire and black. Very nice effect along with the view.    
The half round
burners below were installed at the Marriott "Gas Lamp" San Diego,
California in a 72" Fire pit. We will post pictures of the finished
project when we get the pictures sent to us. These were 24" x 48"
stainless steel half round burners.
 
 
The fire pit below was designed by Dwayne in Arizona at www.artistichomesolutions.com We used bronze glass and stainless steel burners in this fire pit on the roof top. Great design and view.
The fire pit below is a failed attempt of a
propane conversion without our help in the beginning. You can't just
burn propane! If you try this, this is what it will look like. You need
to calibrate the amount of air to propane or it will back fire, burn
black or explode! We recommend a thermo coupler, air mixer/ venturi along with several other important factors. We won't tell you who tried this but we will tell you we did fix the issue and now the customer is very happy. We did use azurlite with azurlite reflective.  
 
 
 
 
 
Below we have the fire pit that we installed for Reba! In Nashville Tennessee. Here is her stainless steel fire pit pan as we manufactured it for propane with electronic ignition.
Below is a 36" aluminum pan burner for propane with a 3" outside
lip. These can be made to fit any fire pit, fire table of fire fit for natural
gas or propane. We can build anything! This pan has a thermo-coupler for safety
and air mixer built in to eliminate soot.
Now here is the fire pit with evergreen, evergreen reflective, blue green and blue green reflective installed. We also drifted withe the camera and took a few shots of the back yard on the river in her back yard. Enjoy. You can also visit www.reba.com for some real cool information and pictures.
The fire pits below are located in Laguna Beach California at the Cliff Restaurant
5775 South Coast Highway Laguna Beach 92651 We used a clear base with azurlite on top with azurlite
reflective. Then we added emerald green topper and copper blue topper
which turns green when it gets hot. Then it turns back. Because the
chrome is seen when its cold and the copper changes the color to green
when it get 500 degrees.  
 
 
The
fire pit below can be purchased complete or we can manufacture the drop
in kit for any table in any size or material/ media. That's what we do,
we create and invent for you the customer. We take it one step further
for you. We take an idea and create it from your ideas. Check out the next 23 pictures on this new fire, rock, glass and water feature.
The fire pit below has azurlite, 1/2" azurlite, Ice Ice Ice, starfire and platinum in the center. Lava rock was used to minimize on the use of glass to keep it in the budget.    The fire pit below is in Malibu California which no
one could figure out how to do what we did. The customer didn't want to
see the fire pit hood anymore. So we just raised it. And everyone said
it couldn't be done! This is what we like to do, take imagination and
make it a reality. The base was provided by the customer we just
supplied the "raise the hood" and the ring and bronze and bronze
reflective glass. 
The vent went up 20 feet. E mail us and we will tell you how this was done. 
The
pictures below will show you how to install a propane burner and valve
in your fire pit without drilling a hole in the side of your fire pit
with our FPPK (fire pit propane kit). This was install inCalabasas
California with bronze and bronze reflective on top. The fire pit has
10" solid sides which made this a good candidate for the FPPK to be
installed on the inside wall. This is a propane fire pit and we do
calibrate every valve to every ring we install toeliminate back flow
and any problems or issues that may happen. We also install the proper
air mixer to insure a clean burn as we eliminate the soot know to be
produced by propane. If you have a propane fire pit you know what I am
talking about.
The fire pit and fireplace below are located at the hotel Casa 425 in Claremont California, downtown Claremont. www.Casa425.com . The fireplace had a splash of clear base glass over a ribbon burner with a remote control for a simple but elegant look. The fireplace is just inside the front doors as you enter to greet you. The fire pit below is also at the hotel Casa 425, www.Casa425.com
and is in the court yard at the hotel. There are 2 of the fire pits and
they are 60" x 60" x 20" tall and they are powder coated black with a
clear base glass installed over an 18 round stainless steel ring. It's like Where's Waldo, can you spot the 2 fire pits below? he
electronic ignitions that were used in the Renaissance Hotel in
Glendale, Arizona were our MVKEI HC-5 units for natural gas. We used
flame rod sensors on these torches.
13 of these were installed around the hotel | 
