July 21 - Twistee Bear

It is the mothers, not the warriors, who create a people and guide their destiny.

~ Chief Luther Standing Bear, Oglala Sioux

Kaiumporn Tee is a balloon artist I have been following on Facebook and Instagram for a while now.  She has an interesting and somewhat distinct style to some of her balloon creations, and her smooshy faced dogs and bears have often caught my attention.

She has shared a few image montages of some of her simpler versions, which are a good place to start to unravel some of the amazing detailed work she does.

I will be gone for some of the end of this month, so instead of rushing through a new balloon concept, I'm going to spend a few days trying to figure out the TwisTEE-style.  This was a design for a bear she shared.

One interesting thing of note is how quickly the balloons oxidized.  I built the brown bear and had him sitting by my desk for only about 4 hours before taking pictures, but you can see how discolored the tips of his paws have gotten in this amount of time.

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Other balloon designs by Kaiumporn Tee:

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