Thursday, January 2, 2025

January 2 - Anglerfish

You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.

~ William Faulkner

Right now, I’m kind of focused on getting back to basics, practicing the essentials over and over again, getting that feel for the right size/pressure bubbles ...  It feels like I need a thousand practice reps just to warm up.  

Thankfully and rightfully so, the world of balloon art has been buzzing with creativity - there’s so much incredible work out there to emulate and learn from, it’s both inspiring and a little overwhelming as I find my footing again.

Darren Saari of SoCal Balloons (link) recently posted this Anglerfish design.   The big chompy mouth is a perfect reminder of how much fun this craft can be and leaves me excited for weirder things to come.

I ended up researching anglerfish a little bit when I realized all I know of them I learned from Finding Nemo.  Interesting fact, males only grow about an inch -- where females can grow up to 3.3 feet.  Like walking to a high rise apartment building to pick up your date that evening, the building.





(view other fish)

Other balloons by and inspired by the Darren Saari:



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