Meeting Some Amazing People By Samuel Stamp-Dod The World Balloon Convention (WBC) is held every two years and almost 1,000 balloons artists from around the world attend to meet, compete and learn from each other and I was one of them. The convention for 2018 was held in San Diego and I had the…
The World Balloon Convention 2018 Part 2
Working with Mike on the Picture Frame and Column Competitions By Samuel Stamp-Dod The day after we had completed our Sculpture entry for the World Balloon Convention (WBC) Mike Hurst of Reds, a balloon shop in Brackley, and I entered the Picture Frame competition together, the second of four entries that I would be…
VIP Take the OATH:
This summer, VIP Balloons have been working with balloon companies across every major city in the world to help with the launch of the new IT company OATH: OATH: is a subsidiary of Verizon Communications’ Media and Telematics division, that will serve as the parent company of its content sub-divisions AOL and Yahoo! Officially formed…
VIP Win Best Stand Award… AGAIN!
For the third year in a row, VIP Balloons have teamed up with Niche Cocktails to provide an award winning stand at the Anglia Business Exhibition. In 2015 their stand was awarded Runner Up to the one provided by Ipswich Borough Council. In 2016 (pictured above) they won by recreating a small corner if Spain. This…
A Look Back at Christmas 2016 – Part One
Christmas is a very busy time of the year for us at VIP Balloons and so we didn’t get chance to keep you updated with everything that happened, so we thought we’d look back at some of the many highlights in a series of blogs. Our first major Christmas job was being part of a…
England’s Newest University opens Atrium Space
Last month we were invited by England’s newest university, The University of Suffolk in Ipswich, to help them with the opening of their renovated Atrium Space by creating an installation of balloon art to fill the void under the impressive sky lights. The area has a strong geometric feel to the design with several rectangular…
Creating a Spanish Garden In Suffolk
Last month we got together with Bob Scott of Niche Cocktails and Ruth Leigh of the Paella and Tapas Company to exhibit at the Anglia Business Exhibition. The concept was easy – remove the usual pull up banners, tables and leaflets that you usually see at business exhibitions and ‘sell the experience’ of our companies.…
Balloons as Art
A few months ago, at a networking event arranged by ISSBA (Ipswich and Suffolk Small Business Association) balloon artist, Samuel Stamp-Dod met with Anthony Wooding of Kersey’s Solicitors in Ipswich and got talking about their mutual love of art. Following this conversations, Anthony commissioned VIP Balloons to recreate their logo from balloons. Usually, when creating…
Mondrian Balloon Art
A few weeks ago I met Adam Randall of Artworks, a graphic design company based in Ipswich who creates a number of different cards and related products including his lead range, ‘Mond’, based on the art by Mondrian. Piet Mondriaan was born in 1872 in the Netherlands and died in 1944, aged 71. After panting…
“I can make anything”
“Give me enough time and enough balloons and I can create almost anything for you” That’s a pretty big claim for a balloon artist to make, however, Samuel Stamp-Dod of VIP Balloons feels he can. But how? Samuel first trained in balloon art back in 2000 and has continued to invest in his development ever…
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