September 14 - Pieter's Vulture

Mawwiage. Mawwiage is what bwings us togethew today. Mawwiage, that bwessed awwangement, that dweam within a dweam. And wove, twue wove, wiww fowwow you fowevah and evah… So tweasuwe youw wove.

~ The Priest The Princess Bride

This is Pieter Van Engen's vulture from his DVD Balloon Art #2.  It pairs perfectly with the longhorn skull he teaches on the same DVD.

It seems that one of the most common connection points in almost any balloon is at a pinch twist.  It creates some awkward and irregular bumps, but there are relatively few ways to avoid it and keep things tight.  You can see on the sides of the skull or the top for that matter.

Pieter uses marriage twists to great effect, and it creates a much more organic connector.  Done correctly, you can play around with the way the attachment sticks out giving an almost ball-in-socket joint.  The vulture's neck looks fantastic the way he designed it - I love the way it's set in there as well, shaped a teardrop.

Proud to be bald, but I'd like some hare ...	Do you think clowns taste funny? ... I'm going to talon your for that joke.
He flies cheaply - all his luggage is carrion.

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