Posts Tagged weaving
Candy’s Birthday
Posted by Twisted Balloons in Creations, Requests on September 27th, 2009
Despite the heavy workload on Saturday, I was going to make another balloon dress on Sunday for Candy’s 21st Birthday party. She’s a friend of Glen’s and her sister had requested for us to make for her something special. I made the dress using the same base, while completely changing the outer flourish. The big blossom in the middle of the chest is an inspiration from a fashion magazine I read years back. I’m quite satisfied with the final product and proudly say that I now can handle the basics of balloon dress-making.
Children’s Event at Tampines West Community Club
Posted by Twisted Balloons in AlphaPlus Magic, Creations, Events on September 26th, 2009
Was at Tampines West CC on Saturday to help Glen with a children’s event. My role was simple – one balloon dress up for parade. It was quite similar to the previous design but I experimented with another colour scheme. Jocelyn and Jastina had been very helpful in the process of making the dress. Next time two of you should try it out yourselves.
Here are some photos.
Pumpkin Carriage Bike
Posted by Twisted Balloons in Creations on September 20th, 2009
Was getting really bored just now so I played around with 2 fuschia 160s. Wanted to make some cool shape out of nothing and it turned out to be the “pumpkin” shape on the top. So I might as well add 2 wheels at the bottom so that I can smoke my way out by calling it the Pumpkin Carriage Bike. For the modern era Cinderella, rides to all clubs, portable and lasts through midnight till day break.
PAYM President’s Challenge
Posted by Twisted Balloons in AlphaPlus Magic, Creations, Events on August 29th, 2009
29th Aug was a big day for many of us. To me, it was my first time making a balloon dress, and as if to make it harder for me, I was to do it outdoors, right under the blazing sun. This event took quite a while of preparations and concluded in success after a series of drama.
Wednesday – Went to David’s place to finalise the design and to meet Givan, who would be wearing the dress I’m making.
Thursday – Borrowed David’s mannequin and had a bit of practise to make sure the proportions are right.
Friday – Suffered a bad fall from handball and my whole left wrist is swollen. Rushed to the Accidents and Emergency department in NUH and took an X-Ray. The doctor confirmed that the bones were ok and encouraged me to as much as possible move my wrist so that the swell clears faster.
Saturday – Woke up in the morning, none of my fingers could move at all. Swollen like crap and hurt like no other. I called Glen and said I won’t be making the dress but will be there to see. Then I caught a cab and got on my way to Takashimaya. On they way, I kept rubbing my hand and wrist. By the time I reached there, I could, with extreme pain, move the fingers on my left hand, but the movement was very limited. So I watered down some painkillers and started working on the dress. I had a lot of help from Jocelyn and Jessica for the entire process, Joanne also came in the later part and helped me out. Initially I couldn’t even get a balloon tied, soon the pain became numbness or should I say the painkiller was working and I could carry on without much difficulty. After 4 painful hours (literally), the dress is done and I think it looks great!
After making the dress, it is also necessary to make a wand or sceptor or something along that line (you know what I’m sayin) for the girl to hold. Otherwise it’d be very awkward because she won’t know where to put her hands. LOL.
Gabriel also made a balloon dress, which was worn by Irene. He’s the guy who got me started in balloon twisting.
It was a great day and although I was totally shagged out, I left the place with an immense sense of satisfaction and a beautiful page in my portfolio.
Yew Tee YEC BGM
Posted by Twisted Balloons in Events on August 22nd, 2009
Exactly one week after TW YEC BGM, I was running for office in my own YEC, the Yew Tee Youth Executive Committee. For this event, I had this idea of having a simple balloon backdrop and build some giant sculptures for people to take photos with. For that purpose, I made a few big hats and a Link-o-Loon heart. I really appreciate the friends who came down to help, without whom, I would have died making the things alone. At the end of the day, though everybody was tired, it was a good job done. Cheers!
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.
Brick Heart
Posted by Twisted Balloons in Creations on July 17th, 2009
This rigid looking heart is my own design, based on the cube unit taught by David. I call it the brick heart, cos of the visual resemblence. Done by connecting 3 cubes together and adding a little curve at the top.
Hearts and Roses
Posted by Twisted Balloons in Requests on July 17th, 2009
Been wanting to make this since Monday but wasn’t really free until now. The outer heart is a cross weave design, while the inner one is a design by Niko Fric. The rose is my own creation.
Flat Heart
Posted by Twisted Balloons in Creations on July 15th, 2009
This design is one of the first weaving patterns I’ve learned. Gabriel made one similar for me when I first began twisting. When I had gotten better, I tried to recreate something based on what I could recall. There’s a slightly difference between his and my version. Many thanks to Gabriel =)
This design is done by making the inner portion first. Start by twisting a tile of 4 round bubbles and securing the corners with pinch twists. Make 3 such tiles and then double-layer the entire cascade. Then wrap the outer colour over and go one round.
The instructions for making this can be found under the Tutorials tab.
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!
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