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Al Kazam the Magic Man Inner circle Living in Perth Western Australia 1042 Posts 
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Must be very cool there in the Jersey Channel. Here in Aussie land it's very hot and bright and the balloons can lose their shine rather quickly. I may try it and see how it goes.
Thanks again, JoJo
Magic guy in Perth Australia
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wally Inner circle 1830 Posts
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CARTOON BALLOON
ENCYCLOPEDIA = has anyone got this book by ken stillman |
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Vinnie Laraway Inner circle 1272 Posts
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Hey, I'm sorry to kick this topic back up, but I just stumbled across it, and I have to say EXCELLENT work!!!
I know you mentioned Don Caldwell as the source of learning some of these things, but I'd like to know DEFINITELY where to learn the following: -The Loony Toon Characters -Spiderman Hat -Madhatter's Hat -Both Superhero's (Hat's and Regular) -Monkey w/ Banana's Hat Thanks, and keep up the great work!!! -Vinnie |
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sibbie Special user East Coast 525 Posts
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Vinnie,
Each DVD has some different things but checkout this page http://www4.mailordercentral.com/tmyersm......sort_by= which has Don Caldwell's DVDs and also has "Twisted Critters" video that has some character hats. Might be in the ballpark of what you are looking for. |
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Vinnie Laraway Inner circle 1272 Posts
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Thanks, Sibbie. I looked around myself at Don's DVD's.
They all look so great! LOL! -Vinnie |
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Lochlan New user 21 Posts
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Wow, definitely elite. Did you come up with that version of Ken Stillman's Super Hero or had you seen it as a hat? What is your setup when you're using balloons? Do you use a apron or bag?
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magicludovic New user 2 Posts
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I know you mentioned Don Caldwell as the source of learning some of these things, but I'd like to know DEFINITELY where to learn the following: For Spiderman hat : Ed Chee For Superheroes : Ken Stillman Ludo. |
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magicgeorge Inner circle Belfast 4299 Posts
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On 2007-07-15 13:09, Vinnie Laraway wrote: To start you off on the looney toons here's a simple tweetypie: http://www.balloondesigns.net/tweetybird.html I second Ludo's recommendation for Ken stillman's superhero designs. Also check out Tim McConeghy's "heroes and villains" he came up with the spiderman design so many people use which is also very similar to the one on Ed Chee's hat. For a mad hatter hat, you'd probably have to weave it David Grist,Larry Moss and Guido all have weaving dvd's out David Grist also did a great monkey with a banana it may be on one of his DVDs and could easily be added unto a hat. George |
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aplusmagic New user Singapore 21 Posts
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Royston South Regular user Jersey Channel Islands 137 Posts
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Aplusmagic,
I'll have a go- Twist a 5" bubble then a 1" pinch twist then a loop twist about the size of your hand, a 1" bubble another loop twist then push the remainder of the balloon though the 2 loop twists to finish. If you have seen the photo on my site maybe the above will make sense!!! Royston. |
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jakeg Inner circle 1741 Posts
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Several Months ago, I went to one of Tmyer's sponsored balloon lectures. The number of figures and hats in some of the attendees arsenal seemed to be endless. My question is: How many figures should you know to do a restaurant? How about for busking and birthday parties? I'm working on updating my figures, learning both cartoon figures and some more interesting hats than I've been doing.
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Inflated Ego New user 7 Posts
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I love the Sylvester and Groucho glasses hats
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Royston South Regular user Jersey Channel Islands 137 Posts
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Hi Jakeg,
When I started doing Balloons I added it to my close-up magic in family restaurants, they were just 1 balloon models dog, rabbit, sword etc it really does not matter what level your at just get out there and show the world what you can do at the same time you will get better and better and get paid for it. Folks are fascinated by balloon twisting whether it's with 1 balloon or 20! they just don't see as much of it as us. |
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jakeg Inner circle 1741 Posts
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Hi Royston: I guess that you're right, but just like always trying to progress as an entertainer doing magic, it's important to me to feel that I'm progressing as a balloon twister. It keeps my enthusiasm up.
When I started doing balloons, a bubble on the tip of a poodles tail was considered to be an advanced figure. After a 20 year layoff, the art of balloon twisting has advanced by leaps and bounds. I'm really enjoying it. |
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Royston South Regular user Jersey Channel Islands 137 Posts
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Jakeg,
When your doing your stuff and someone comes up to you and says "my god you've really come on with your balloon twisting" which will happen and you look at your balloon bag and the things your making and say do you think so!!! that's when your moving on, I think it's hard for us as entertainers to see it, but Joe public will let us know. Entertain first, balloon twist second and have fun it will come when your not looking for it!!. It did for me. Royston. |
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wally Inner circle 1830 Posts
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Hello All. not sure if this is in the right section, I am trying to find stage magic using any type of balloons. I have used balloons in my parties for the last 15yrs, but only sculptures.
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Bad to the Balloon Inner circle Clearwater Florida 2116 Posts
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You are in the right section but you should create your own post and not tag off another's.
Eddie Medrano has a new spike thru balloon that is awesome. BUY from Eddie there are some knock offs out there not as nice as Eddie's. Don Cauldwell has some very unique ideas with balloons and magic. You may need a membership to BalloonHQ to get to it, but here is the link: http://www.balloonhq.com/column/caldwell/nov04/
Mark Byrne
AKA Mark the Balloon Guy As seen on the TODAY SHOW www.balloonguy.net Creator of Bad to the Balloon DVD series Go to my store: http://tinyurl.com/Bad2theBalloon |
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rogueclown Veteran user Hollywood 320 Posts
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Thanks for that Mark!!!! Any DVD by Don Caldwell and Mark Bryne will help you guys make better balloons.
RC |
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Barry Donovan Special user 848 Posts
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That aeroplane is amazing
when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth
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