| Nobody is really sure of who was the first balloon | | | | everybody succeeds because it is not as easy as it |
| twister. Some historians say that tribal Eskimos and | | | | looks in the videos. |
| other native people were using animal intestines for | | | | Once you manage to overcome the fear of popping |
| the purpose of entertaining their families or villagers. I | | | | the balloon as you inflate it with the unfamiliar pump, |
| can imagine the faces of those primitive children | | | | and tie the knot, you still have to vanquish the fear |
| lighting up with delight as the town's jester - the | | | | of twisting it. You can see people´s eyes |
| funny man of the tribe- blew into the primitive | | | | squinting, obviously afraid that the balloon is going to |
| balloon made from the guts of a sea animal or other | | | | explode as they squeeze it and twist it. The audience |
| living creature, and started twisting it till he created | | | | participates of that same fascinating fear you feel |
| the shape of a dog or a bear. It is also believed that | | | | when you watch the trapeeze artists perform in a |
| animal bladders were inflated and used as toys from | | | | circus. |
| time immemorial. | | | | When this art started being popular in the streets, |
| Nowadays, with the innovative rubber or latex, it is | | | | those pioneer clowns used their lungs to inflate the |
| much easier to learn this amazing new and | | | | balloons. That was not an easy or healthy task, and |
| spectacular art. The magic skill of transforming a long | | | | definitely not one that their counterpart females |
| inert piece of rubber into an amazing new creation is | | | | would do. But they managed to inflate it quite fast |
| only limited to the artists imagination and techniques. | | | | and well. |
| He can create a vast array of animals, flowers, | | | | Nowadays it is not encouraged to do so, as the |
| swords, motor vehicles, depending on the number of | | | | balloons have a lining of talcum inside which |
| balloons utilized. | | | | accidentally can be ingested or inhaled by the artist |
| There are innumerable books, articles, manuals and | | | | and cause him respiratory problems. Besides the fact |
| videos written on the subject of balloon sculpturing | | | | that balloons do sometimes pop as you inflate them |
| and the market supplies you with the best wholesale | | | | and it can hurt your eyes or face. Always use a |
| balloons you can find. Seems like many people are | | | | pump. |
| interested in learning how to do it, but not | | | | |