Artist Jamie Vaida, creator of Mutant Vehicles for Burning Man, will install Fire Tree and Flaming Pipe Organ (in collaboration with Alvin Sessions), two custom-crafted sculptures using fire and sound elements that react to audience input.

Aside from his fire sculptures, Jamie Vaida creates architectural elements such as stairways, gates, doors, and furniture. He creates custom sculptural art from a variety of metals. His work is elegant, graceful, and often functional, by design. With a focus grounded in placement and use, these contemporary, organic forms are handcrafted to compliment and flow with the unique aesthetic of their environment. Personality, function, and surroundings are key elements for designing and fabricating pieces that will be enjoyed for a lifetime.

About the artist: Vaida has spent many years perfecting his trade. His work showcases an assortment of metals, such as copper and stainless steel. He particularly enjoys incorporating recycled, discarded or re-used metals and found objects into his projects. Vaida seeks out beauty and shape in a given piece in its raw form, then twists and bends the metal to bring out the full potential hidden within.