Arches, Drops & Races
Organic style balloon arch for Diwali event at BP HQ. I installed a rainbow arch here in the summer and completed an hour induction course – thankfully I kept my pass which is valid for a year. Installation is required at 6.30am before the staff arrive so a managed to fit the BP organic arch […]
Wicked 13 put on a fantastic night for their anniversary. We did the usual balloon drop and then supplied a balloon wall for the after show press night. The 2000 drop for wicked 13 was installed at The Apollo Theatre, Victoria and the wall setup in The Park Plaza. I used vinyl graphics on this […]
I think it’s been 15 years since I last made an exploding balloon wall. They’re not for the faint hearted but thankfully this one worked perfectly. Bangles were used on the side poles which instantly helped everything fall to the floor after the balloons exploded. Each 3ft balloon has a pyro fuse taped to the […]
Another balloon wall installed for NuSkin with a colour scheme of Wild Berry & Purple this time at the Birmingham Metropole. 3 large bases were used so this was completely freestanding. You might also notice I used ‘balloon shine’ to give the balloons that polished glass look. The wall had to be complete for 8am […]
People and Balloons make for great photos and a great backdrop is asking for a social media share. There’s nothing better than seeing smily faces in front, behind or under them. When I build a wall or arch I never get to see the fun it leaves behind – but after a social media search […]
Above is the rainbow balloon wall for Ku Bar ready for London Pride weekend. Balloons provide a powerful rainbow effect when bunched together in walls or arches. In the week before the parade we installed several walls across the city in office receptions and staff restaurants. These helped promote a buzz with selfie photos and […]
Rainbow pride arch at Deutsche Bank – Go Big Or Go Home. There are 2 entrances to the Deutsche bank building on London Wall so 2 arches were required, setup by 7am before the staff start arrive at 7.30. The arches were inflated and prepped into the 6 rainbow colours before delivery so I just […]
Here we go again, 100,000 muslims celebrate EID 2019 in Birmingham, Small Heath Park. After 6 consectutive years we’ve got this down to a fine art. We’ve negotiated an empty marquee with the organisers and they let us have access 1 or 2 days before EID. This is difficult to nail down as nobody knows […]
As well as this years pride balloon walls I’m providing a walking float at a number of parades, the first being Birmingham Pride. This NATWEST framework is old school, we used to do aluminium shapes like this in the 90’s before foil balloon lettering was introduced. Each letter is bent into shape and then covered […]
2019 Is going to be the summer of 27 balloon walls. As I build each installation I’ll post photo’s here. In the end I think it was 30 walls as some were added and Chester was built twice due to the parade being postponed. Hopefully you can see as you scroll down that I got […]
We installed 2 of these entrance arches at Deutsche Bank central London office receptions. Including Chrome Green to give it some lift. The 2 entrances are different sizes – 1 huge main entrance and smaller doors towards the back of the building. This required arches with 7 poles and 5 poles. I can only fit […]
We helped launch Kerfuffle with decorations at Tiger Tiger (Haymarket) and The Grosvenor (Park Lane). When building sculptures time can run away with you. Its risky to attempt to build shapes like these 100% on site so I like to build the day before and transport everything ready made. It’s far less stressful having to […]