This post shows research for the actual structure of the carnival style shooting gallery. There are pictures of the grotto stalagmites and stalactites cut from wood panels that will be attached to the walls, partially hiding the "other" creatures and forms that will comprise the targets to be shot at. There is a schematic drawing of the gallery in three quarter view. The tongue shape will be used as a podium for holding the sling shots and ammo.
I am finding similarities in the visual relationships between the grotto as represented in renaissance follies and the concept of the temple curtain in Hebrew traditions. Both of these texture fields are signatures of place. The places where the other" is often encountered. I am also starting to see relationships between the material used in making the temple curtains and games of chance as in billiard and black jack table coverings. That material is called baize
