The last crystal triangle was installed by electricians on Friday for this years Times Square New Year's Eve Ball which was drawn by a 12-year-old girl who was a former cancer patient, according to the Associated Press.
Coraliz Martinez was being treated for bone cancer at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., in 2011 when she drew the design for the ball, according to the AP. The huge orb which is made up of Waterford crystal every year was replaced with a new piece, making this year's design different.
Martinez, who is now cancer free, drew a colored-pencil drawing of a single rose bloom, which master sculptor Fred Curtis traced into glass and cut with a diamond wheel to make this year's design, the AP reported.
Martinez' design is a kaleidoscope pattern which will reflect 16 million colors when the ball drops on New Years, the AP reported. The ball will be lit with more than 32,000 diodes from the inside out, according to the AP.
"I wanted to get as close to her design as possible," Curtis told the AP. He added that "it takes Waterford craftsmen about a year to make the crystals used in the ball."
The process of bolting the design on the ball's metal frame took two weeks and was carried out by the Landmark Signs and Electric company who is responsible for many of the electronic billboards in Times Square, the AP reported.
Nick Bonavita and Nick Russomanno, two employees of the company that have worked on the ball since 2009, screwed in the final panels on Friday, the AP reported. According to Bonavita they have never dropped one panel.
"We have a perfect record so far," Bonavita said, the AP reported.
