Arches, Drops & Races
When The Haywood Gallery wanted a space filled with balloons for a 4 month period we thought it sounded like fun. We were building a work of art in a gallery, for people to walk though. However, over the time period keeping the space filled and clean was not easy. The original spec was simple, […]
The key to making any 2D frame from aluminium rod is to avoid it from buckling. Like a wheel on a bike it needs to remain perfectly flat when viewed from the side, the simple way to do this is to keep it flat on the floor when you’re doing all the bending. To make […]
I’ve been using these Genie cylinders for a while now and I’ve been thinking about the advantages and disadvantages. I’m still using the old heavy cylinders as well because I have a regular customer base who want them (customers who don’t need to move the gas because it sits in the back of their store). […]
Balloon columns are a great alternative to an arch and work well when space is at a premium. We cover all the One Stop openings and refits across the Midlands. To help protect against the weather these columns are built on solid metal bases and poles and the balloons are downsized for better durability. With […]
I tend to stay away from 3ft balloons for weddings as it’s just not my cup of tea. The popularity of Pinterest has started photos of these spreading around the internet and I get sent the images asking “can you do this?” followed by an image of a balloon holding up half a tree. For […]
Here’s the real costs of reopening our shop – so much for me saying it will cost nothing to reopen a shop we already own. Cowboy builder who did nothing but fill skip & make a mess – £1400.00 Awesome electrician who rewired the shop: £745.00 The rewire cut out the boiler for the flat […]
About 3 years ago a French software company approach me to buy the domain name balloon.com. Whenever I get a decent offer for the domain I google the name of the person making the offers followed by the word ‘balloon’ (offers usually come from a @gmail or @yahoo email address). I did the above and […]
At the London Olympics we created printed balloons and decorations for various events. The most spectacular was a 1000 balloon drop for Team USA. They booked a London venue for 3 months which included ripping everything out and then installing they’re own theme for the duration of the games. Then the venue was returned to […]
These 3ft latex balloons were projected with various moving shapes to create a spectacular effect across the Palace Suite at the Birmingham Metropole. We sized the balloons to 30″ to leave a little flexibility by squeezing the 3ft’s between 2 tables. The 3pm access to this function room was tight so we set up a […]
4ft Virgin Media balloons helium filled to promote cloud computing. It’s tricky to price a job that involves large balloons as it’s difficult to calculate the amount of helium required. I looked at the cubic capacity of a 4ft balloon and compared this with the BOC helium chart – so I calculated an L size should […]
We were employed by a lads magazine to inflate 120 x 3ft balloons with helium and attach them to a midget to see if he would float. The event and procedure was also shown in a documentary which I edited and upload to YouTube. At all times we had a safety line to make sure […]
Nice and bold 36″ helium foil stars. This is something a bit different than you’re usual bouquet of 5 balloons. Here’s 75 tables with a 36″ Foil Star, 5″ collars and tulle attached to a weight with fishing line installed in The ICC, Hall 3.