May 4 - Purple Nurple

Always remember the last words of my grandfather, who said: 'A truck!'

~ Emo Philips

Balloon Adventures in Isololation! is your weekly descent into madness, or into the brain of Rupert "Phileas Flash" Appleyard. 

To keep grip on that narrow thread of sanity he is challenging viewers to send suggestions of places and adventures he can go on in classic "bigger than you ever expected" Phileas fashion - and this challenge was from his son Tatum who loves monster trucks.

This design he quickly showed before running to make Tatum some spaghetti.

Even though the main picture below is out of focus, it's my favorite action shot of the set and really gives a sense of motion.


(view other trucks, vehicles)

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Other balloons inspired by Phileas:

February 29 - Trucks

Cause we got a little old convoy Rockin' through the night. Yeah, we got a little old convoy, Ain't she a beautiful sight? Come on and join our convoy Ain't nothin' gonna get in our way. We gonna roll this truckin' convoy 'Cross the U-S-A. Convoy!

Stephanie Gintz Morace is a balloon twister from Louisiana.  But you would never guess from her accent... .... (long pause for added hilarity if you know her).

I first met Stephanie at the Florida Super Jam 2015 where she won the "Best in Show" competition for her amazing Shih-tzu dog design and I've been a fan ever since, not only was her dog the hands down winner, but she was so nice to take the time and repeatedly show everyone in the jam room how to create it.

This truck design is something she showed us in a balloon webinar last year.  I did my best to try and recreate it from memory and some scrap pictures, but I'm not sure I got it right.  I struggled and played most with a variety of wheel designs to try and get something with hubcaps and yet not have them angle weirdly.

Da-gum!