Monday, August 11, 2008

Balloon twister Carnival hat and Fun











These are some pictures from a balloon twisted figure exhibited at the Queens Quay Terminal here in Toronto.

I ran into the artist, Mark Verge, while I was taking these pictures.

Mark is a self confessed balloon twister. His creations are amazing.

See his site at
http://www.junglejackworld.com/html/balloon_shows.html

He told me that it took seven hours to construct the figure in the picture. The wonderful hat, reminiscent of the "Brazilian Bombshell" Carmen Miranda was originally part of the body gone wrong. It was inspired by an old time carnival hat!

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