Arches, Drops & Races
An IT company wanted these 3ft balloons to show their companies new colours. We delivered a total of 85 balloons to 5 locations across the country. Again we used G10 cylinders & inflated to 28″ getting 13 from each cylinder. Similar installation to Royal Academy.
We supplied 80 x 36″ Lime Balloons helium filled to The Royal Academy, Piccadilly. Arriving at 6am 3 crew had all 80 filled & ready for 8.30am. They lasted well for 24 hours but then the extreme heat kicked in. The hot weather cooked the moisture from the latex and made the balloons brittle. They […]
This year we completed another 20 arches for EID working over 3 days. Again we were not sure if EID may land on Thursday 14th June so we had to make all 20 arches on the 13th. Note to self for next year – 3 crew made 10 arches in 2 hours once all the […]
Decided to go with colour ‘Golden Rod’ rather than ‘Orange’ for this Greggs arch – good decision.
Here’s my first Vodafone Rainbow arch in The Bullring, Birmingham. I’ll embed some tweets below as I do more locations.
Unusual for me to do a private party but here’s a 21 made with aluminium rod, free standing on base plates and poles. The back wall was a mixture of air and helium filled foil balloons spilling out onto the ceiling. I connected the balloons together with small cable ties. Apart from the 10 helium […]
What part of balloons are sustainable and unsustainable? I would argue that an air filled latex balloon is 100% sustainable and biodegradable – latex found in nature is a milky fluid found in 10% of all flowering plants. Not that you should listen to me, recently a balloon drop was banned and drops are just […]
I regularly get asked to include PVC balloons in my balloon drops. The problem here is the weight – PVC weighs considerably more than latex. My main concern is if they deflate after the net has been rigged – large sphere when deflated will fall like a brick. Also the nets we use are really […]
I worked on the London Marathon again this year. First things first, this is not my client and never has been – but I’ve worked on this event enough times to blog about it. So I first did it when Mars took over in 1984 (34 years ago). It’s a long time ago and it’s […]
Now I’m getting older (I’ve just turned 50) I’ve started to like things like Radiators? I know it’s crazy but you might catch me occasionally looking at one and saying “WOW, look at that”. Particularly exhibit A, this 21 panel radiator has just been installed in our hall. I stood there and looked at it […]
As part of our recent cloud decoration we also printed 10 different logos on 5 coloured balloons. Each logo was assigned to a balloon colour, these were helium filled & arranged as floor standing bunches.