Have you ever ever needed to juggle, swallow, or dance with fireplace? Houston will quickly be house for a spot that sells the gear and presents classes in that artwork.
Chris and Kira Bailey of the Photo voltaic Rain Efficiency Troupe have been firebending for audiences for greater than a decade, in addition to working their very own on-line retailer for instruments of the commerce, TheOddPropShop. In 2025, they plan to open a mix storefront and workshop for Houstonians to enter and apply the fiery arts.
“Having a bodily location permits us to attach with our clients on a extra private degree that may’t be replicated on-line — which is particularly vital for constructing props that performers should belief with their lives,” the Baileys wrote in an e mail. “Due to that, we’re constructing this workshop to turn into an area to create and take a look at merchandise, and invite our clients in when they need custom-made props. We undergo an extended trial-and-error with every of our new concepts, usually utilizing reasonably priced objects from Temu to construct our prototypes, after which enhance our designs till they’re able to promote.”
The house can be situated in Kemah and is scheduled to open within the second half of the 12 months. It is going to be a mix storefront, dwelling house, and workshop space that can serve aspiring fireplace performers in a wide range of methods. The Baileys will promote their signature fireplace bubblers, fireplace bounce ropes, and solar wheels which can be good for each professionals and hobbyists.
The brick-and-mortar OddPropShop will function a hub for better Houston’s efficiency neighborhood. first timers will have the ability to take lessons, whereas established performers can check out new routines and tools. In line with the couple, Houston is house to a major neighborhood of fireside artists.
“We needed to be in a metropolis that not solely has an important arts scene and supportive artistic neighborhood, however can also be in a location the place we might shortly and simply get the supplies we would have liked to construct our props,” the Baileys wrote. “Houston was the one place that checked all these containers. We had been additionally personally drawn to Houston as a result of lots of our associates and fellow performers dwell within the metropolis. In some ways, Houston already felt like house.”
Along with the instruments of the hearth commerce, TheOddPropShop will promote costumes and equipment resembling leather-based and stone jewellery. These small items of aptitude assist add to the pagan atmosphere of the general fireplace bundle.
