Balloon Chat

Title: Swan
Post by: Graham Lee on November 05, 2015, 07:48:30 PM

I have just seen a lovely swan by Dale Campbell on facebook and it got me twisting, it was so simple and elegant.
They are all slightly different, mainly the tail feathers.

Title: Re: Swan
Post by: Graham Lee on November 05, 2015, 07:49:25 PM

I think swan 5 is my favourite so far.

Title: Re: Swan
Post by: Graham Lee on November 05, 2015, 09:45:02 PM

A couple more swans.

Title: Re: Swan
Post by: Anna on November 10, 2015, 04:12:39 PM

My favourite one is number 2
lol

Title: Re: Swan
Post by: Graham Lee on November 19, 2015, 04:05:57 PM

I made a larger swan today, then played with the smaller design again.
I was not too keen on the tail feathers in the first picture so tried the way I did the tail on the smaller one the other week.
I think it works better with picture two.

Title: Re: Swan
Post by: Graham Lee on November 19, 2015, 04:09:27 PM

So I then played about with the one balloon 160 swan and like this one so much more then the others I tried a few weeks back.
I will show and explain this one at Darlington and Edinburgh next week.

I just love the flow and look of the whole piece, although the side on picture could be a little better.

Title: Re: Swan
Post by: Graham Lee on November 19, 2015, 04:09:53 PM

Both together.

Title: Re: Swan
Post by: Graham Lee on November 21, 2015, 08:37:19 PM

Just changing the back section a little.

Title: Re: Swan
Post by: Jana on November 22, 2015, 09:25:26 PM

great pictures of the front on ones where you can still see the beak

Title: Re: Swan
Post by: Graham Lee on November 23, 2015, 07:52:58 AM

Quote from: "Jana"great pictures of the front on ones where you can still see the beak

Yes I was rather pleased with the way those pictures looked as well David, quite arty ;)

Title: Re: Swan
Post by: Graham Lee on August 09, 2016, 09:29:56 AM

I was having another play with the swans over the weekend.

Title: Re: Swan
Post by: Graham Lee on August 23, 2016, 02:58:43 PM

I was playing with the swan again as I'm trying to decide the other two balloon designs to post form DVD 7,
Live from Holland.

This is a 350 and a 260 white plus the scrap of orange for beak but you could do without the scrap
so possibly a usable two balloon swan for the real world.

Title: Re: Swan
Post by: Graham Lee on August 25, 2016, 10:22:25 AM

A few more swans I have made over the past couple of days.
I was making some variations to one I posted on my DVD 7, Live from Holland DVD.

Title: Re: Swan
Post by: Graham Lee on September 26, 2016, 09:24:20 AM

Another swan, I did see a more complicated version on pinterest.
The name next to it was Korean/Japanese so I was unable to read and give credit.
My apologies for that, it inspired me and this is my simpler version from a flower base.

Title: Re: Swan
Post by: Graham Lee on October 14, 2018, 10:49:31 AM

Another variation on the swan. I was going through my pictures to update
my portfolio and swan the swan with a 260 neck and thought it was not
right so up dated it a little.

Title: Re: Swan
Post by: Graham Lee on October 15, 2018, 12:34:23 PM

I added wings to the swan.