For those of you who know Samuel Stamp-Dod of VIP Balloons well, you will know that he looks up to many Balloon Artists for inspiration and last weekend at The Blackpool Balloon Bash he was able to meet up with one of them again. Phileas Flash (aka British born performer Rupert Appleyard) is based in…
Blackpool Balloon Bash – Part Two
If you read our last blog you will know that Samuel Stamp-Dod from VIP Balloons travelled ‘up north’ to attend the Blackpool Balloon Bash to develop his skills at twisting balloons. For those of you who have attended some of the many parties he has been at will know that he can make some great…
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…
Taking a looking inside the Qualatex Maze
Last week we took at a look at the building of the Amazing Qualatex Maze at the Balloon Jam in Belgium and promised that we would return to show you the completed designs. The maze,brainchild of Didier Dvorak, a balloon artist and enthusiast from Switzerland, took 25 people to build over 1,000 hours and used 100,000 balloons.…
Mastering Minion Making
At VIP Balloons, we are always getting asked things like “how do you make the balloons?” and “is is easy to learn?” Well, in answer to these questions, we decided to create a summer school session where the children could learn how to create a minion out of modelling and foil balloons. So, on Friday 14th…
Inspirational Art
For this weeks blog on Art That Inspires Us, I have decided to look at Inspirational Art pieces, this first one is from Laura Koniver who blogs for Intuition Physician. This piece was actually produced by her children following ideas she published in her blog in 2012. This next piece is from artist, Alan Claude, who says,…
Edible Art Pieces
Those of you who follow our blogs will know that on Monday’s we take a look at art that inspires us. This week, not only does that art inspire us, it also feeds us. This is a representation of Jeff Koons’ $55 million Balloon Dog made out of cake by photographer, Sarah Anne Ward. She…
Quenton Blake
Last Monday we took at look at Helen Oxenbury and so we thought we’d continue our look at Children’s illustrators with one of the country’s most popular artists, Quenton Blake. Famous for his illustrations of Roald Dahl’s books and more recently for David Walliams, Quenton was born in the suburbs of London in 1932 and…
Helen Oxenbury
At VIP Balloons we simply love the illustrations that Helen Oxenbury creates. Most famous for her water colours for ‘We’re Going On A Bear Hunt’, Helen has also created some beautiful illustrations for ‘Alice In Wonderland’. Born in 1938 and now living in North London Helen is a two-time winner and four-time runner up for the annual…
Banksy Gasa Strip Part Two
In last week’s blog we took a look at one of the best known street artists of all time, Banksy. For those of you who follow our posts you will know that Banksy is a great inspiration to us at VIP Balloons. We looked at the first five pieces of his work from Palestine; Armored Dove of…
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