by BalloonHQ Team | Mar 12, 2023 | BDT, outside
Kissing Swans Centerpiece This is a simple, elegant and fast wedding centerpiece which features 260 swans as its focal point. The centerpiece shown uses accents of tulle, silk ivy and small flowers and underinflated 5″ balloons. You can use you can use any...
by BalloonHQ Team | Mar 12, 2023 | feature
Balloon HQ Featured Photographs: Happy New Year, 2001! Access Photo Features from Year 2001, Year 2000, or Year 1999Want to get your photo on the front page of Balloon HQ? Be sure to submit your work to photo@balloonhq.com Selected images are generally of...
by BalloonHQ Team | Mar 12, 2023 | feature
Balloon HQ Featured Photographs: Happy Halloween from Balloon HQ! You may view Featured Photographs and information from past months here!Photographs supplied by Troy Perry The Balloon HQ (llc) photo archives and the Guide to Balloons and Ballooning each house...
by BalloonHQ Team | Mar 12, 2023 | feature
Balloon HQ Featured Photographs: November Dance Floor Decor You may view Featured Photographs and information from past months here!Photograph supplied by Sandi Hankins This photograph shows Prom dance floor decor for a high school in Texas. Decor was created...
by BalloonHQ Team | Mar 12, 2023 | terms-sources
AUTHOR: Joseph, Marjory L. TITLE: Essentials of textiles / Marjory L. Joseph. EDITION: 2d ed. PUBL.: New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, FORMAT: x, 321 p., (4) leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. DATE: 1980 SUBJECT: Textile industry Textile fibers Textile...
by BalloonHQ Team | Mar 12, 2023 | terms-sources
AUTHOR: Emery, Irene TITLE: The primary structures of fabrics : an illustrated classification / by Irene Emery. PUBL.: New York : Watson-Guptill Publications/Whitney Library of Design, FORMAT: xxvi, 341 p. : ill. ; 31 cm. DATE: 1995 SUBJECT: Textile...
by BalloonHQ Team | Mar 12, 2023 | weave
A tubular fabric produced by a “circular” method but with parallel spokes A tubular fabric produced by spiral plaiting Here we describe a spiral plaiting method made popular by Patty and Royal Sorell. It is a bit faster than the circular method and is more...
by BalloonHQ Team | Mar 12, 2023 | weave
Stuffing balloons into frameworks We can often save time and create a different kind of texture in our sculptures, by creating very open patterns with 260’s and then filling the holes with other balloons. What makes this fastest is that filling of holes...
by BalloonHQ Team | Mar 12, 2023 | faq
Attack of the 50 foot demon Balloon art – Japanese style Writeup and photos by Larry Moss Overview During the first week of December, 1998, I found myself in Tokyo, Japan leading a rather unusual, and rather challenging project. I spent a week training a team of...
by BalloonHQ Team | Mar 11, 2023 | events
Balloon twisting instruction featuring Larry Moss A one day balloon twisting seminar will be offered on Long Island, NY in just a few weeks. Classes will include beginning and advanced balloon twisting, entertaining with balloons, and balloon weaving. When:...
