When it comes to updating a church space, finding a balance between impactful changes and budget constraints can be a challenging feat. The Crossing Marysville in Marysville, California, faced a similar dilemma but managed to achieve a stunning transformation without major structural alterations or an extensive paint job.
Heide says “We wanted something to help update the church a bit, without making major structural changes or a lot of paint!
The series the church was going through for the first of the year was titled, “Visions” and I wanted something that would embody that a bit. We created the towers out of 2×2 wood and plywood.
The original idea was to cover them in Saran Wrap, then a layer of waxed paper, and finally a layer of butcher paper. Then each week we would take a layer off, leading to a clear vision for the final week of the series.
During the build, we wrapped each of the towers in Saran Wrap (loosely so we didn’t warp the sides). Then we tried different ways to do the other layers and ultimately decided we liked only one side covered with the wax paper to produce one side that was more frosted and the other three clear. We stuck lights in the bottom of the towers shining upward (I’m not sure what type of lights they are, other than stage lights!). We set the color of those to a blue-white and then used trees in the boxes from a previous stage design. Those were created by spray-painting large branches white and then stringing lights through them. The boxes were built to hold them and the trees are secured into the box to hold them upright.
All told, this was a relatively cheap set design, the wood for the towers cost us under $75 plus white paint and the plastic wrap. In total, we spent less than $100 for the build.”
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