“When we were little," the Mock Turtle went on at last, more calmly, though still sobbing a little now and then, "we went to school in the sea. The master was an old Turtle - we used to call him Tortoise -"
"Why did you call him Tortoise, if he wasn't one?" Alice asked.
"We called him Tortoise because he taught us," said the Mock Turtle angrily: "really you are very dull!”
~ Lewis Carroll Alice in Wonderland
"Why did you call him Tortoise, if he wasn't one?" Alice asked.
"We called him Tortoise because he taught us," said the Mock Turtle angrily: "really you are very dull!”
~ Lewis Carroll Alice in Wonderland
Russian balloon artists have an amazing and unique style to their balloon twisting - Tatyana DjeTa Lyashko has a collection of PDFs available that are incredible. Even more than decor, I would say this could qualify as a competition piece.
I have had some of her PDFs on my list of things to build for a long while, and since she just recently posted a few of her newer Halloween designs I figured I should get busy!
This turtle is easily the most involved and difficult balloon I have made to date. It takes a total of 18 hearts with multiple sidewall bubbles to create just the basic form of the shell. If Buster's kitty helped me get confidence with multiple sidewall bubbles - this one made me a balloon surgeon with the delicacy I had to work with some of these connections. Thankfully those that I struggled with didn't cause a domino effect of weakening the others.
I love the droopy eyes, I love the leg distortions, I love that I was able to complete the shell - but I was so scared of popping something - I didn't adjust the connecting bubbles to the inside in some places which might have made building the shell trim easier. Now I know why I waited so long to attempt this one! Phew!
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Other posts with Tatyana's designs:
- January 9 - Bald Guy
- January 6 - Anastasya's Boy
- July 6 - Ice Skater
- May 27 - Pole Dancer
- April 15 - Senior Wedding
- December 12 - Wreath
- October 31 - Young Witch
- October 30 - Audrey II
- October 27 - Crystal Ball
- October 21 - Tatyana's Pumpkin
- October 15 - Sp-eye-der
- October 9 - Jack-in-the-Box
- October 3 - Tatyana's Bat
- September 30 - Tatyana's Mouse
- September 28 - Tatyana's Turtle
WOW, WOW, WOW!!! Lots more than just smiles from this one!!!!!
ReplyDeleteUnbelievable!!! That is made out of balloons?!!!!! 😍😍😍 incredible job!!!!
ReplyDeleteLove the eyes!
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