Arches, Drops & Races
We’ve worked on the Word Badminton finals at the NIA for the past 4 years. Usually they go for a floating balloon arch which is walked on and off after each final. This is nice and simple because it floats and will always naturally return to a symmetrical arch after it’s been moved. This year the […]
Todays shop arch was installed in Telford after a shop refurbishment. Great to do an arch in nice bright colours after a run of Black & Midnight themes. This order was converted from our twitter account. The loco store is part of the Nisa chain of shops and they saw our Global arch in a tweet […]
Here’s an arch with 34″ foil numbers embosed for a 21st Birthday party. To make sure the structure would support the numbers I decided against helium and used the aeropole system. I attached the numbers using 2 x 260q Black modelling balloons. I wanted the digits to face slightly downwards into the centre of the […]
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). […]