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A balloon artist in Vienna, Austria A street performer doing balloon modeling in Japan, 2022. Balloon modelling or balloon twisting is the shaping of special modelling balloons into various shapes, often balloon animals. People who create balloon animals and other twisted balloon decoration sculptures are called twisters, balloon benders, and ...
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Henry J. Maar (1921–1992), known as "The Sultan of Balloons", was one of the pioneers in balloon twisting. He appeared for over a decade on episodes of the long running Bozo's Circus . While the origins of balloon twisting is impossible to prove, Emmy Award winning producer/director Joseph Maar has provided evidence that his father, Henry ...
Site discussions led to the first balloon twisting convention (T-Jam 1999), the first international balloon art photo contest and the free dissemination of balloon art ideas and designs. Today, in addition to sustaining an important industry dialogue, BalloonHQ calls attention to key industry events and provides members with access to ...
English: Technical illustration shows early balloon designs: "Lana's aeronautic machine," "Montgolfiers' balloon," "Blanchard's balloon," "Garnerin ascending [and] descending" in his parachute, the "Charles & Roberts' balloon" being inflated, the "form of the wings employed by Lunardi," and the "form of the wings employed by Blanchard."
Should there be a balloon Modeling and a Balloon modelling page? My personal opinion on the matter is we could forgo all this bother and call it "balloon artistry", "Balloon Art", or "Balloon Twisting". LondonTaxi 06:59, 24 December 2007 (UTC) The general rule on Wikipedia is to keep the current spellings.
Wikipedia: Featured picture candidates/Technical Drawing of Historical Hot Air Balloon Designs
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