18th August - Hello Kitty

Let me ask you a question, how do you say hello to Hello Kitty? do you say hello Hello Kitty? and what if you are on first name terms with her? then you might just say hello Hello? I am just wondering what I would do if I bumped into her on the street one day. This Hello Kitty is made from 8 balloons (I did use some scraps), they are all 260s except for the ears and hair which are 160s.  

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17th June - Simple Lion

Here is another simple 1 balloon sculpture, its very similar to the cat balloon I did on day one but it has an extra twist on the face. Its made from just 1 x 260 balloon.

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21st March - Puma

I recently received an email from Simon who had a request for me to make a puma for his wife Fleur, this is a tough challenge as its really difficult to make the face look right but I had a go at it anyway, and I took inspiration from a photograph of a puma leaping through the air.

This Puma is made from 7 balloons, all of them 260s, I started with his head which was 1 balloon, then added his body and neck with another, the next balloon was his arms, then his legs are made from 2 balloons, the last things to add were his tail and finally his eyes.

As I say it was quite a challenge and I will have another go as a puma in the future as I have some other ideas about the face, thanks for the request Simon, I hope Fleur liked it.

Simon also requested some videos of my balloon modelling and I will be doing some of those in the near future so watch this space.

On another note you will see I have started watermarking my photos as I recently found someone in the USA using my Calvin and Hobbes photo on their website.

16th February - Cat

Its Julies Birthday today and she likes cats, so here is a pink cat for you Julie. This is a much different cat to the one I did on 1st Jan and I learnt it from a youtube video by Dylan Gelinas, an expert Balloon modeller in the USA , its much more complicated and made of 4 balloons.

I used a pink 160 for the ears and arms, a white 260 for the face and chest, then 2 pink 260s for the arms, legs and tail. it took me about 15 mins to make.

Coming up on Monday I have a cool balloon made especially for Jamie.

1st Jan - Pilchard the Cat

I have been thinking of a new daily project for some time now and in the back of my mind I have had the idea of balloons, When people ask me how many balloons models I can make I often reply with 4-5 hundred different balloon models, I know I can do at least 300 as I counted them up about 10 years ago however I am sure I can do lots more.

So here it is My Daily Balloon, Day 1 is a special request from Nat, Its Pilchard the Cat from the kids TV show Bob the Builder. He is made from 1 x 260 balloon.

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