Graham Lee DVD 3 Step by Step

Started by Graham Lee, November 04, 2015, 09:31:21 AM

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Graham Lee

#15
A little plug, all this is on DVD 3 "A Romantic Twist" with details for my origami flower as well, just in case anyone would like to buy it?

This is the link, http://www.balloonartwholesale.co.uk/balloons/dvds-books/

any questions though on making the heart then please fire away and I will try to answer them.

I took pictures of the finished heart from two angles to show how well the knot can be hidden up.
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#16
The 160 heart is made the same way but with only four balloons and all the bubbles just over a 1 finger bubble size.
You only have one joint with this, the balloons should be inflated leaving approx. 8 fingers un-inflated.
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Thelma Levett

#17
Thanks for posting the instructions. I decided to put a heart inside it but the shape was not right for that particular heart so I took a view bubbles out.

Graham Lee

#18
Quote from: "Thelma Levett"Thanks for posting the instructions.
I thought  you had the DVD this was on Thelma?

I like your heart, assuming you have drawn on the centre heart? Looks really nice.
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Thelma Levett

#19
I do have the DVD but seeing the instructions here prompted me to have another go with it.
And I think it was nice you posted the instructions for everyone so the thank you was sincere.

Graham Lee

#20
I took a picture of the back of the heart last night as well.
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#21
I was having a play with the flower design I will be putting the instructions up for next.
Having the flower half in and half out the vase, you can see all the other variations on a thread here.

flower-vase-t10271.html
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#22
This is the flower that I put inside a 350 clear.
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#23
From the 260 balloon you could easily get three flower heads.

Inflate the 260 approx. half way, you then need to make three pinch twists that are approx. 2.5 fingers in length.

In the picture I have tied the twists between the bubbles to take the picture, when making I do not do this, it was just for clarity of the photograph.

You can make three separate 2.5 finger pinch twists but I prefer to make two 2.5 finger bubbles and tie the knot around and through the centre of the two bubbles to secure.

I then take the knot of the balloon over the centre of these two bubbles and twist one of the bubbles while I do this, it forms the two bubbles into two pinch twists.

By making the pinch twists this way I feel the size of bubble and the pressure inside both bubbles are constant.
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#24
Make another 2.5 finger bubble and twist this back into the two pinch twists so creating the third pinch twist.
Again I have tied this twist into a knot just to take the picture.

You then need two 1 finger bubbles and twist the balloon back into the pinch twists.
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#25
I then take the 260 and wrap this through the 3 pinch twists and over the centre of the two 1 finger bubbles,
I do this a couple of times to make the 1 finger bubbles into pinch twists.

I always just have two small pinch twists for the centre of the flower but you could possibly add a third to keep it looking symmetrical.
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#26
The stem, you do not need to use all the 260 green here so I inflate the 260 to a 3 finger bubble and have a 4 finger un-inflated section at the knot.
Later we will cut this off.

Tie a knot below the 3 finger bubble and leave a little excess on the balloon as we have to make the 3 finger bubble into three 1 finger bubbles.
By having the knot here it is easier to make the three 1 finger bubbles, the bubble is unable to move down the balloon as it would if the knot was not here.

Again for the picture I have tied a knot around the bubbles, I do not do this when making.
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#27
These three bubbles are made the same as we did the head for the flower, wrap the knot around the second bubble and push this through the two bubbles.
As you wrap the knot over the centre of these two bubbles, twist one of the bubbles as well and this will create the two pinch twists.

Take the last 1 finger bubble and wrap this over the two pinch twists to make your third pinch twist.
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#28
I then take the green 260 and tightly wrap this around the lilac flower head and over the top of the two small 1 finger pinch twists.
Wrap this over and around a few times between the flower head and stem of the flower for a tight secure joint.
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#29
I had an idea a few days ago to try the flower using a 350 balloon, I think the three smaller pinch twists work for the centre of the larger flower and then I added the end of the 350 for the centre of the flower.

So I now have another flower in the repertoire to use as I looked back on an old DVD.

If you have some DVD's that it's been a while since you viewed then perhaps have a look as what interested you then might be different now
and with your added experience perhaps you can add to a design?

Good luck and I hope these two designs from DVD 3 " A Romantic Twist" have helped?

PS, I did not use all the 160 for the stem,
I cut off approx. 5/6 fingers from the knot end and then left a 4 finger section un-inflated to make the stem.

There are instructions here from DVD two on how to make the stem. graham-lee-dvd-two-step-step-t10218.html
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