Posts Tagged bears
Interview With ZaoBao Comma
Posted by Twisted Balloons in Me on February 10th, 2010
Earlier this year in January, I was contactedregarding a personal interview regarding the upcoming valentine’s day special report that she’s put in charge of for Zao Bao Comma, the Chinese Newspaper for students. It was quite a pleasant afternoon jamming then posing with some of my work and sharing with her my understanding of the art. It was published today in the papers today and here’s some sharing.
This is how the print version looks like:
This is how the online version looks like:
Love Story
Posted by Twisted Balloons in Creations on July 19th, 2009
This love story concept is something that I’ve always enjoyed making and am constantly coming up with better designs and different variations. This has trained up my skills to refine details, and it comes in handy when I want to add some “wow” factor to my sculptures, which David always stresses in all the balloon sculptures he makes.
For future explorations, I intend to create some sort of storyline using simple sculptures in the future.
Pair of Teddy
Posted by Twisted Balloons in Creations on July 16th, 2009
I first saw this idea of stuffing two bears into a crystal clear heart at Balloon Baron’s. It was mounted on a bush of roses in the bouquet made by Gabriel. It has since been one of the designs most frequently presented by me.
If you wanna try stuffing something into a balloon like so, look out for the tutorial section which will be up pretty soon.
Li Sheng’s present for Shiqi
Posted by Twisted Balloons in Creations, Events, Requests on July 2nd, 2009
30th June was both my sister’s and Shiqi’s birthday. Li Sheng got this funny looking panda so that we can finally try out the basket idea. Frankly, I feel uncomfortable making baskets because I made one about a year ago and it really sucked, totally embarrassed me. As such I was very careful with the design this time. I tried out some weirdo weaving pattern which I figured out as I twisted. The overall effect looks quite pleasant ^^ Now I have another presentable piece to show.
The base is made using roundabout weaving to 6 then 12 strands, linear spiral weaving cos I’m lazy to change balloon for every single round. Pinch twist at the top to curve in and add decorative bubbles to finish it up.
Li Sheng’s note (sorry for hijacking your post, just couldn’t help it lol) – The flower which is featured in the previous post was added to the top of the handle of the basket and a clear heart with 2 bears stuffed in it was attached to the middle edge of the basket. Finally, rose petals were sprinkled over the base after the panda was in place, giving a really wonderfully perfect finishing touch to the sculpture. Thanks Wei Lai!
Chief Yeo’s Wedding
Posted by Twisted Balloons in Events on February 14th, 2009
Simple elegance’s something extremely profound and which I’ve had little success. But I’m quite satisfied with this one. The centre piece displays a pair of baby bears cuddling inside a crystal clear heart.
The top view shows the array of roses in hexagonal arrangement. This is the part which I couldn’t visualise. The rose is my own creation, after I’ve gotten insights from learning Gabriel’s and Ed’s versions.
Sideview reveals the haphazardly-done base due to the lack of time, it has a water bomb in it. Quite a pity.
The bride was overjoyed and amazed by the sculpture when I passed it to her. =D
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