Arches, Drops & Races
Here’s some 36″ Purple Violet balloons printed 2 sides & helium filled for the IAAF. These were installed in Hall 3, ICC, Birmingham. Screen printing 36″ can be an expensive process so sometimes we’ll use vinyl graphics if we can. Vinyls save the cost of giant screens, setup and ink.
My first installation at KOKO in Camden, 500 drop theatre style. See also these Theatre drops for Wicked.
Here’s our first drop at The Hammersmith Apollo. A slightly tricky install, we had to make sure no pull lines cast any shadows over the huge screen. Not easy as I had my usual 2 lines coming from the centre. Also below is a photo from The Apollo roof:
Here’s my first drop at the Barbican Centre in London. This was 1000 balloons held back stage and you can see part of the drop in action in the tweets below:
Here’s my reference library images that I can link to from other posts. This includes a gallery, video and recent tweets.
@balloon Evolution of a balloon website over 20 years: About – David Saker UPDATE 2023 – After getting though the lockdown years all sides of my business are seeing growth. This sounds good but the main reason is because everything is open (nobody wants a balloon arch over a closed shop). The most important area […]
Amazing to help celebrate 9 spellbinding years for Wicked this September 2015. They dropped 2000 Emerald Green balloons and were lucky enough to watch the show, it’s a fantastic story and the songs just blow you away. We’ve rigged this drop for the theatre production Wicked on 15 occasions at The Apollo Theatre, Victoria, […]
The minimum number of printed balloons we’ll supply is 50 but the more you order the more cost effective your print run will be. Every order requires a custom made screen, ink change and machine setup so the bigger the quantity the easier it is to lose these setup costs. Demand for printed balloons has […]
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 […]
This wall contains 1750 balloons and took 2 staff 7 hours to build. There are no supports, bases or frame – the wall fits snug between the floor and ceiling and contains only balloons, line and some elastic bands. The balloons are sized to 10.5″ & 8.5″ to create a square pack garland. The two […]