Fun and games and dinosaurs
Twisting the Haunted Dinos was hard work and lots of fun. Here are few behind-the-scenes shots of the creative process.
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Halloween Dinos
We were honored to work with the famous Balloon Saloon to bring a collection of haunted dinosaur balloons to a New York City corporate Halloween party. Just as we did for Alice in Halloweenland, we brought a team of world-class balloon artists together to create an original balloon installation of twisted haunted sculptures. Kelly Cheatle, Larry Moss, John … Read more
Amazing Balloon Under-Sea Adventure
The historic Sibley building in Downtown Rochester, NY was home, once again, to Balloon Manor. This year’s theme was “under the sea adventure.” It took 75 international balloon twisters, 40,000 balloons and 4 days to build a five-story balloon masterpiece. With the creative minds of Airigami and months of planning the final sculpture, featured a pirate ship being pulled under water by … Read more
#BalloonShuttle
30,000 balloons + hundreds of volunteers came together to create a huge balloon space shuttle in Houston, TX. On July 12th, a crew of ten balloon-artists and hundreds of volunteers completed “The BalloonShuttle” for the Transplant Games of America in Houston, TX (in 97°F heat)! The massive shuttle, rocket, and external fuel cells was one of the … Read more
Balloon Dragon at Brooklyn Children’s Museum
Our friends Larry Moss and Kelly Cheatle of Airigami created another balloon showpiece and this time it is in OUR backyard! This balloon dragon was built for “Balloons Around the World”; a day when balloon artists from around world the twist different balloons simultaneously for the public. Larry and Kelly built the dragon in Rochester, NY at … Read more
Cinco de Mayo on GMA
Happy Cinco de Mayo! What better way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo than making balloon art? Todd and fellow TBC artist Rose, spent the holiday on the set of Good Morning America with Larry Moss and Kelly Cheatle who made fun balloon displays for the show. These two festive balloon sculptures of a Mariachi player … Read more
In the Wall Street Journal
The front-page of the October 7, 2009 WSJ has a nice article about the ever-changing field of balloon artistry. Todd, along with several of his friends, is featured in the piece: Hyperinflation: Balloon Twisters Stretch the Limits of Latex Art
Fantastic Flying Octopus
The first piloted balloon sculpture flew over Lake Ontario on July 19, 2003. Larry Moss lead a team of world-class balloon artists in building the largest non-round balloon sculpture ever, with a total 18,000-20,000 balloons. Balloon pilot John Ninomiya came from California to fly the sculpture. I was honored to be a member of this … Read more