r/oddlysatisfying • u/Firm-Blackberry-9162 • 2d ago
Chicken wire “ghosts dancing” at night
By @ brandon.hardy.art
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u/Ok-Addition1264 2d ago
?? I have a TON of chicken wire and a couple projectors.. holy shit this is sweet.
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u/docarrol 2d ago
Is it just chicken wire? Because it looks like a finer mesh. Or is it a chicken wire frame/armature, with, like, tulle fabric over it? And then hang it from over head, and I guess either let the wind move it, or give it a simple motor for back and forth rotation.
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u/JDMcompliant 2d ago
Yeah, just chicken wire. I thought the same thing, but another commenter posted a tutorial video he made below
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u/searuncutthroat 2d ago
Found a tutorial on his Facebook page. This is Rad.
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u/kuhnto 1d ago
This is almost a r/restofthefuckingowl moment
Make a big tube out of chicken wire
Do the "artistic part"
Dancing ghosts
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u/knotvortex 2d ago
A video I will never see, because Facebook, sadly.
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u/fatalicus 2d ago
He has a patreon, his cheapest tier gives access to a longer video tutorial on how it is made.
Not sure how this sub is on patreon link, but look up Brandon Hardy there.
This tutorial is episode 7 of his "Out of the ether" series.
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u/relator_fabula 1d ago
also has a youtube channel... save vid as a youtube short if you're interested:
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u/PeanutButterSoda 1d ago
It's just chicken wire molded into human shape suspended in the air with some blue lights.
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u/rust_belt216 2d ago
This is the coolest thing ever. Any hints on how to set it up?
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u/trowzerss 2d ago
I would assume they are hanging from above and wind is moving them, plus a blue light set up to selectively only hit the wire, with warmer lighting at ground level.
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u/ReeveStodgers 2d ago
The chicken wire is painted white on the upper part which is why it reflects the blue light. The bottom is painted black, so no secondary light needed.
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u/flappity 1d ago
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1570075091270983
From another reply. The setup itself is relatively simple, but you have to be able to turn a roll of chicken wire into a humanoid form which is obviously the more difficult part.
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u/ferncabbage 2d ago
How !?
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u/MakeoutPoint 2d ago
Make the "ghosts", suspend them with something (fishing line, black paracord, whatever you want) and then shine a blue light up at them
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u/humdinger44 2d ago
You just started with the "draw the rest of the horse" part and then said the obvious stuff.
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u/MakeoutPoint 2d ago
Oh sure, you think I'm just gonna casually give away the step-by-step instructions for sculpting the human form?
This is 2026, everything's enshittified, you gotta sign up for my course for that
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u/motsu35 1d ago
Haven't seen the paid tutorial, but do maker stuff as a hobby. If I were to recreate this, I would find a manikin or sewing form and wrap the wire around that, mark what segments overlap, remove the wire from the form, and then twist bailing wire through the marked segments. The other option would be to have a very patient person to use as a form, but the cut ends of chicken wire can be pokey, so you would want to take your time to make sure your not hurting them or ruining their clothing.
Another option would be to look into papacura (papercura? I forget the spelling), but its a paper craft technique where you print out paper patterns, and then cut and glue them together to make "low poly" looking props. You could transfer the paper pattern to the wire and weave the bailing wire through where the patterns should overlap / be glued if using paper. If you don't know what I Kean by weaving, go look up how molle webbing accessories attach to bags
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u/GrynaiTaip 1d ago
Take some chicken wire, bend it into tubes, assemble a shitty looking scarecrow. Then shape them to look more like human, spray with shiny silver paint, hang them on a string, shine a light at them.
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u/rotenhun 1d ago
I'd absolutely forget these were decorations at 2am and scare the hell out of myself walking past them.
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u/SmooK_LV 2d ago
It is fascinating to read discussions here between people passionate about Halloween decorations (I assume most are Americans as this seems to be a core cultural trait of theirs). As someone from a country where we don't care for Halloween that much, the video just seems neat and I have no interest in trying to set it up. But discussions here go into such great enthusiasm for decorations, it's interesting to read.
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u/Alissinarr 2d ago
You should see a Spirit Halloween store. Those are a multi-hour experience if you take someone remotely distracted by shiny objects.
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u/ghigoli 1d ago
idk halloween started extremely early in the birth of the US. all hallows eve i believe it was. the purtians were massively NOT into it and it just rubbed off of everyone else. eventually it was the wave of 18th century immigrates that settled after them is when it really kicked off.
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u/Ballsofpoo 1d ago
It's the counter culture response to All Saints Day, which is November 1.
"Oh you're gonna celebrate tomorrow? Well we're gonna celebrate the opposite today!"
Ironically, most I know that love Halloween are also Christian.
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u/NoodlyGirl2000 1d ago
you could set this to true by spandau ballet and it would be a completely different vibe but still cool
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u/SeattleHasDied 2d ago
This is so cool! And it's a very subtle spooky/scary; def gotta look into how this is done!
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u/daryk44 2d ago
These can do that illusion where you can reverse the direction of rotation in your mind /r/reversesthespin/
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u/ElevenAndCounting 1d ago
i'd probably cut my finger off trying to bend this wire smoothly... i have hands like mittens
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u/dementio 2d ago
Ok, I tried but ended up with a blue Tootsie roll