Hi fellow ballooners, I have been lurking from time to time on this forum (one of my favorite, together with http://www.balloonforum.fr) for at least a couple years but never took the time to actually register.

It is now done! Better late than never.

I started balloon twisting very timidly about 15 years ago with the classic doggy, and I still remember how scared I was that it would pop in my hands. I used to be a puppeteer and a balloon beginner's kit had been offered to me by a friend who thought it would be a good idea to offer balloon sculptures to the children after my puppet shows.

One thing led to another and I eventually entirely stopped puppets to be able to zero in full-time on ballooning. Now it is true that what I thoroughly enjoyed the most about puppets, was the actual creation of the characters and the backstage decors more than the actual playing. And balloon art is an amazing, never ending, outlet for manual creativity.

I do twisting, decoration and have a little show, but what I really enjoy the most is thematic performances.

Here is a couple photos of my last creation a couple days ago in Brest (West of France) for an IKEA restaurant who was having a special crayfish evening event. I used probably a bit less than 300 balloons for nearly 6 hours on this crayfish (I know... it would have been better in red) which is about 4 meters long.  





Have a nice day!

Bonjour Mossieur Ballon!

Welcome to Balloon Chat!  Enjoy!


The crayfish looks good enough to eat!

 

Looks ace : ) welcome along

Thanks for the welcome guys!

Quote from: "Danny the Idiot"The crayfish looks good enough to eat!

Hmm...Not sure about that. Could be a bit rubbery.  :mrgreen:

Yes welcome to the forum, glad you decided to stop by and say hello. Some nice weaving as well.

Bienvenue Monssieur Ballon je ne viens pas souvent ici...