| Balloon sculpturing is an art of making different | | | | characters. Unless if you don't have practice, this |
| kinds of figures and structures out of various | | | | art would be very tricky to do as too much of |
| shapes of balloons. Many people say that balloon | | | | twisting can make the balloon burst. Today there |
| sculpturing is a difficult art to learn, but this is very | | | | are classes been taken on balloon sculpturing at |
| much true! Balloon sculpturing needs lot of practice | | | | places like camps and parties, on the internet you |
| and patience to learn this beautiful art. Balloon | | | | can find amazing photos of balloon sculptures and |
| sculptures basically start with practicing with long | | | | tips on how to such beautiful figures out of a |
| shaped balloons; they start with making simple | | | | simple balloons. |
| shapes like hearts, animals, hats and toy like | | | | The basic technique in balloon sculpturing is the |
| structures for children. | | | | 'balloon twists' or 'balloon twisting', under this |
| Balloon sculpturing has different styles of making | | | | technique there are different kinds of twists. The |
| and various kinds of designs. Some are made in | | | | basic twist is the 'Lock twist', which involves in |
| small scales and some are done is larger scales. | | | | twisting the balloon at different places to create |
| Today many like to learn balloon sculpturing as a | | | | thousands of superb figures, with a simple |
| hobby to impress their friends, family and peers. | | | | ordinary balloon. 'Lock twist' involves in attaching |
| Balloon sculpturing is becoming a famous art, and | | | | locking two bubbles to make ears and legs. 'Loop |
| commercialized in large scale. People prefer to | | | | twist' is used to make larger structures like hands |
| choose balloon sculpturing at birthday and kids | | | | or feet. 'Pinch twist' and the 'toe twist' are used |
| parties, get together parties, college and school | | | | to make smaller structures like lips, ears and eyes. |
| farewells and even at weddings; were balloon | | | | The 'Pinch-pop' technique is used to split the |
| sculptures install very beautiful, colorful and | | | | sections of a balloon; this is applied in making |
| attractive arches at entrances, podiums and on | | | | flowers and heads on animals. |
| the stages. These arches are done with simple | | | | Apart from these techniques, there are some |
| round balloons of different colors, attached | | | | complex techniques such as 'Bird body' or also |
| together in different styles. Professional balloon | | | | called as '3 bubble roll through', 'Apple twist' also |
| sculptures can make very difficult and complex | | | | known as Tulip twist, 'Hook twist', 'Apple link', 'Z |
| shapes like cars, Christmas trees, human figures, | | | | bend', 'S-Hook twist' and spiral. Balloon sculpturing |
| birds, flowers, butterflies, dogs and even cartoon | | | | is always fun to learn and entertaining! |