How a Falla is Built
Double-page infographic about how a falla is built, from modeling to installation. This specific case shows a wooden rod falla.
How a falla monument is really built, from modeling to street installation: this infographic follows the complete process of a wooden-rod falla, a very specific construction technique within the Fallas tradition.
How a falla is built, from modeling to installation, showing in this particular case a wooden-rod falla.
I also documented the phase before construction itself -- where each falla is located within the urban site -- so the infographic would tell the complete process, not just the workshop craft.
The falla chosen was Valencia's 2016 Ayuntamiento falla, by fallero artist Manolo García: the infographic shows the expanded polystyrene modeling -- today's standard technique -- against the final wood finish, tying the process to the Fallas' bid for UNESCO World Heritage status.
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