Eccles Theater's new holiday 'tree' takes snowboard shapes and sends them airborne

A newer “tradition” in downtown Salt Lake City — being all of two Christmases old — is the holiday tree in the Eccles Theatre lobby at 131 S. Main St.

This year, designers Rob and Shelley Beishline took inspiration from Utah’s winter sports, to create a tree made from 75 snowboard shapes. Weight restrictions prevented them from using recycled snowboards; an aluminum-laminated plastic sheeting was cut into the desired shape. The spiral structure holding them is based on a mathematical rule, and the graphics were inspired by homemade wrapping paper.

Read about the tree, at sltrib.com.