The Gallery of Balloons

by

David Crofts

Associate of the Inner Magic Circle with Silver Star       Guinness World Record Breaking Sleight of Hand

Elephant, also available in pink

I had to race to get this model finished on time, it worked ok but I might use a different formula next time.  

In the board room (above) discussing the booking (as below), the bears are part of a motorcycle display team

The King of Balloons

R2D2 meets Alice in Wonderland

The name of the band is 'The Bear Necessities'

Old Blackberry (left), new Blackberry (right)

Out on the range (in West London, UK)

Dinner is served, four courses, beans and sausages, chicken, lobster, prawn cocktail

Gold T Rex

 The waistcoats keep you warm in the winter and cool in the summer, what more can you ask for.

workshops (above) - we use a lot of balloons

Three different gnomes

Filling in my wall chart (above right)

 Film premieres and launches (above) Robots, Sponge Bob, Thunderbirds, Shark's Tale, Madagascar, Valiant, Horton Hears a Who, Monsters Vs Aliens

- Happy Thanksgiving -

This is after 2 weeks, not too bad with no food etc.

St Stephens Tower (Big Ben) Scale 1:50 

 To Bee or not to bee , actually there are four bees

Lobster (below) is served with salad and potatoes.  The bangers (below) will be if you stick a fork in them.  The trumpet is full of wind.      

Like many of the designs in this gallery, the London Underground map (below) was an out of the blue request and was made spontaneously.

We had no to an actual tube map for reference, consequently no responsibility can be taken for accuracy and the image should not be relied on for journey planning.

I was asked to build a computer (above) some of the guests just couldn't keep from working.

The hot dog (above), although it looks appetising was actually quite rubbery.

 In case you were wondering, the model above  is a  lunar lander as used in the first space landing

Happy Christmas / Happy New Year (above)

I did warn you to cover your ears

Band on a hat (above) - a whole new meaning to a hat band

Only the violin at the back (above left) is balloon, rest to follow

Caterpillar made with Michal Khan and the help of Bubblz and Twistina (Thank you!)

Please note that the cigarette on the no smoking sign above is indeed made of balloons

That bubbly (above) is definitely made with bubbles; Oscar (above) awarded for excellence in balloons

If you can work out which photo (above) was taken on a phone, email me to win a free balloon

Supporting the world, a stack of turtles, one above the other (on the image, not in reality)

Elvis in the rowing boat (above)was made for and Elvis night at a rowing club

Crocodiles (above) are balloon puppets

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James Bond 007, licensed to make balloons

Roller Coaster Hat (above) made with Rebecca Kanar (USA)

The four bears in the picture above are young and old, the pink one is from my gallery of shrunken balloons, see below in its younger days.

My forebears of course go back many generations.

 It looks like that dragon has said something to annoy me

big lizard (above) made with Michal Khan

Wow, look how many bags I've got stocked up, that'll keep me going for at least a couple of shows

the faces  need doing

piggy bank

How many tentacles has the pink sea anemone (correct spelling) (above right)? (answer at bottom of page)

Vacuuming up at the Millennium Jam, Belgium 2005 (convention) 

cyber insect (below left)

Drum 'n' Bass Mondays, Electro Wednesdays and House Thursdays for MTV animated titles

Oily Cart press releases and CD covers for Big Balloon and Baby Balloon shows

superman can blow balloons in one breath (above left)

from the postman (below)

trombone

Giant Shakeaway Milk Shake cup

The Incredible Floating Lady, she floats through the hoop

not to forget the traditional, classic, basic animals...the dog, mouse, giraffe and snake.

these were probably the first type of balloon animals to be made by cavemen, using natural materials,

although they probably didn't have the little stickers for the eyes back then

Thank you to everyone who has inspired me around the world and beyond

When samples of rubber first arrived in England, it was observed that a piece of the material was extremely good for rubbing out pencil marks on paper, hence the name rubber.

Later, balloons were made from the rubber and a few years later still, the models in this gallery were designed and created.