June 5 - Hermit Crab

"We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us."

~ Winston Churchill

The final balloon taught by Joe Mock in a recent Bling Bling Jam webinar was this hermit crab.

Simple and effective, kind of a little shell turban, or a swirl of ice-cream.  I built the brown one during the webinar, then tried to focus on a better curvier "shell shape" when making the red afterwards - though it could still probably use some practice and finesse on my end - it would obviously work great for the hermit shell.

This is still though probably just a step beyond normal line work, if just for the fact that you're dealing with 6-8 balloons.

(view other hermit crab)

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Other balloons by and inspired by Joe Mock or the Balloon Brothers:

February 19 - Hermit the Crab

Sunny day, nap in the sand all day
Waves roll in, while the dolphins play
Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Hermit Crab Beach?

Rise and stretch, feel the ocean breeze
Find a shell, live a life of ease
Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Hermit Crab Beach?

In an infinite universe, the infinitely improbable is not only possible - it's inevitable (so I read).  Somewhere out there, on a distant world, the Muppets have all evolved into hermit crabs.

It is also very easy to be green, probably the easiest.  Very tough to be mauve though.

The hermit crab design is one of a few shell designs Isopresso shows on his YouTube channel.

(view other crab or Kermits)

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Other balloons by and inspired by Isopresso: