Balloon Twisting
|
Richard “Dick”
Kleitz, Certified Balloon Artist and Balloon Twister Extraordinaire!
Dick Kleitz is a balloon twister and a
certified balloon artist. He started off working with balloons
part-time in August 2000. In June of 2002, he retired from
Verizon he has been enjoying balloons ever since!
Dick was on a 23-member team of balloon artists that built the first
ever piloted latex balloon sculpture. Nearly 20,000 animal balloons
were twisted together by the hand-picked team of artists from around
the US and Canada to create the Fantastic Flying Octopus. Several
thousand people showed up to watch the construction and launch of
the craft, powered by wind and 10,000 cubic feet of helium...
Approximately 700 person hours went into the construction of the
octopus.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
