ha ha, also it's easier than getting 4 elephants in a mini.

here it is

Elephant style modification which I am working on.  It causes problems on the motorway.

Oh and a couple of bigger ones. Plus another bear and a shrunken pink 160 bear in the foreground.  I should have woven more black into the face.
Coffee

Hi Graham,
We're going to be so busy next week with moving house (at last) but I do still have Sabina in the diary for Wednesday.
Simple Panda.
I would start with white or off white, and do a normal teady bear head but with a smaller forehead and tiny ears which you will later colour in black, together with big black eyes and nose.
The white balloon becomes the tummy but the rest is discarded.
Then start with a black balloon at a hand and do a split pinch twist fist followed by a pinch twist elbow joint for a kung fu pose, making sure the whole arm is short and chunky.  A pinch twist goes either side of the neck and then down to a tail pinch twist, back up to the neck and out to the other arm and hand.  This gives a 3 bubble roll through type body but positioned with a white tummy.
Take another black balloon, make a bubblefor a foot, pinch twist then wrap round the tail and out to the other foot.
In other words elbow joints but no knee joints.
I'll try to post a picture
Coffee

Hi Debbie,
Thanks very much for taking the time and trouble to be interviewed. A few varied questions follow!
What proportion of Qualatex's business is rounds for decorators and balloon releases etc and what proportion is modelling balloons?
I think I have mentioned this before but sometimes the alien face printing appears a little bit small, rather than covering the full balloon.  Is this just where the balloon hasn't been inflated quite enough before printing?
Am I right in saying that in the past there were different qualities available depending on the where the balloons were destined for - I remember hearing that the balloons from Texas were tougher for the hot climate there than the Canadian ones or have I got that all wrong!?
What are your favourite colours and/or types of balloons from the Qualatex range?
Would it be possible to have animal print balloons, eg tiger/zebra stripes, dalmation spots etc, as 260s?  Imagine how cute the most simple 1 balloon animal would look.
Yours
Coffee

Number plates is certainly one way to go; also because there's the option of having something subtle like 260Q or L8TEX only there's no Q available what a shame.  A good car for a balloon artist is a bubble car (eg new Fiat 500) but not much space.

Basically it's 12 golden pentagons which are twisted with 6 gold balloons (two pentagons per balloon in a figure of eight formation) and connected to form the globe. The the red criss-cross stars are added with a vaying amount of red 160's depending on quite how it works out.  Finally the big clear round is inflated inside.

Yes, it's very good for line work but you do have to tell the people that they might have to wait a tiny bit longer than usual ha ha, or by the time it get's into the next day sometimes some of the people at the back go home to sleep.

This phone is quite quick to make, it's based on an old walkie-talkie, quiet old fashioned but it does have a nice retractable aerial.
Coffee

Also, you're right Billy that 'American Chopper' is a good program to watch for inspiration on balloon bikes, I heard it said on one episode that a good rule of thumb to stop a bike looking too confusing is to keep the petrol tank the same colour as the mudguards.
Coffee

That is a very cute dragon, here is his little brother
Coffee

You can say expain how the balloon pump can be used to pump up a football and then go ahead and make a ball for them to prove it.
Coffee

If you make a pinch twist on the end of a brown or mocha 260 and stuff it into the balloon , like a balloon bubble in a balloon, then pop it out and peel off the outermost layer, you end up with something that resembles a giant coffee bean, well the staff in Whitards thought so.
Coffee

Hello Everyone, Graham's has done a fantastic job twisting and sculpting this forum into a unique and airiginal place.  What with the interviews and other fascinating threads. However I'm off to order his new flowers DVD now.  Looks Great.
I hope you all have a splendid week and I look forward to posting more in the future.
Coffee