I have been asked many questions as to how I constructed the paper chain tree for Willow’s Christmas services. I thought I would show a few pictures of the construction process. The tree was constructed using cardstock and fishing wire. The top tier was suspended from the ceiling, then each tier attached to the tier above it. Each branch was attached to a 20 foot frame that surrounded the whole tree, in order to give the curve to each limb. The last step was to attach the letters that I cut out of foam board. The whole tree took two days to construct and shoot.

Now that is a lot of fishing wire!

Once we captured the final shot I had a lot of work to do in photoshop to get rid of the background and all the wire  lines that showed up in the photo. After a lot of work and a new background the tree was ready to be placed on all the promotional materials.

Below is the invitation for the Christmas services. The tree punched out of the invite to make an ornament for your Christmas tree.

Road Signs that were placed at the entrances of Willow to advertise the services.

Poster advertising at a shopping center.

Billboard advertising on the freeway.

Here is a picture from the Christmas service. You can see all the paper chains that the tree was inspired by.

At the end of the service the audience made paper chains full of prayers and passed them up to the stage, where they were hung together to make this paper chain wall.

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