Scaffolding for the Gold Leaf Project

Today began the month-long process of gold leafing the five towers of the temple.

A team of four flew in from Honolulu to begin the first step, which is to install scaffolding for the leafing experts.

They brought a truckload of materials and began putting it all together.

They are a spirited team.

It will take them a few days to assembled the hundreds of pieces.

Each tower will be accessible when they are done.

One step closer to completion.

They rented a giant extensible forklift to reach the towers safely.