This section of the website features video clips of WASP-pasted shells.
Click here for video of the '08 PGI All-Star display.
All the shells were manufactured at the PGI convention and pasted on WASP machines. This is only a brief portion of the display. Note the very nice 12" shell that appears in the upper left corner of the video.
BELOW: At the convention a 24" shell was assembled. The casing was rolled on the WASP24 machine, and then filled with 3",4" and 5" Chinese shells.The 24" shell was then closed and placed back on the machine to be pasted. Two hours and approximately 9000 feet of tape later, the shell was completely pasted. It was fired two days later at the end of the Grand Public Display.
Click Here for video of the above shell firing It was not the most spectacular 24" ever made, but it certainly set a record for expedience in manufacture. The shell was assembled, pasted and fired within 3 days!
Click here for video of another WASP-pasted 24" shell. This shell was made by Karl Mearz and Aaron Enzer at Ace Pyro. These pyros are actively working on these large shells. This shell was pasted on the WASP24 and contains 3" comets and a 12" pistil, and a ring of large stars.
Below are links to videos of two nicely made 8" double petalled shells. These are made in the Japanese style, and feature different inner petal sizes. The 10" is a comet shell with red pistil.
Click here for video of fancy 8" #1
Click here for video of fancy 8" #2
Click Here for a nice 10" "Dragon's Eye" shell
Here are two shells from the recent CrackerJack shoot. These are two really nice shells. The first is a double petal w/pistil chrysanthemum. The Inner Petal is a a delayed glitter which is a little difficult to see. Excellent symmetry on the OP.
Click Here for the 12" double petalled w/pistil chrysanthemum
This is a 10" fancy shell with a great color changing inner petal. The outer petal is a bunch of insert shells. Note the perfect timing, and really good distribution in the sky. This is not an easy shell to make!
Click Here for the 10" shell of shells w/ inner petal
The next shell is a 10" kamuro w/ swimming silver inner petal. This ahell was assembled and then pasted on a WASP5 machine and shot 3 hours later! The cameraman was a little too close, but you can still see the excellent symmetry of this shell.
Click here for a 10" kamuro w/ swimming silver inner petal
Here is a photo of an 8" peony pasted on a WASP machine at the '09 PGI convention:
The above shell by Ned Gorski
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Here is a link to PGI President Bill Bahr using his WASP5 to paste a 12" shell at the 2009 PGI Convention in Mason City, Iowa. The clip shows the shell being pasted and Bill locating and then cutting out the magnet to prepare the shell for fusing. You will need to copy and paste this to your web browser. The video is about 8 minutes long.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHlgXUOIO-M
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Big, Beautiful, 12" double petalled chrysanthemum w/pistil shell. Made on a WASP machine. This is a VERY fancy shell. Click on this link for video.
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This is a link to an exceptional bow-tie shell. This award-winning shell was constructed by Tracey Birch and has great symmetry and precise color changes. click here for BOW TIE SHELL.
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Up next is a shell by TK from Florida called the Mystery Pistil 12". This shell is broken very hard and has near perfect symmetry. Click here to see if you can find the "mystery pistil"!
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Here is something a bit different. A 6" WASP pasted shell on a girandola! Real nice device by Ned Gorski: Click here for Girandola shell.
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Here is a 4 minute clip of the 2009 PGI All-Star display. It features Devon Dickenson's classic tune "Not In Commerce". The show has a few specialty cylinder shells, but all the other product was WASP-made and constructed on site at the PGI convention. Click here for "Not In Commerce".