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Hello.
First we are going to make a piece of fabric.
Then we will use this piece to make a cake
or a basket.
Inflate all balloon leaving about seven inch flat tail.
We are going to use six balloons
to make the piece of fabric.
Let's tie nozzles of two balloons
in one knot.
So, we will make three pairs of balloons.
I use different color balloons
just for purpose of this instruction.
In previously published instruction
"Fabric 1, Flags"
we use one balloon to make two rows of fabric.
Today we will use one or more balloons
to make each row.
So, we make three sets of balloons.
Blue and yellow,
brown and gray,
purple and pink.
Twist the first yellow and the first brown bubbles.
It could be any size.
Let's make it one inch.
We are going to twist all bubbles
of the same size.
Lock the free end of the first yellow
with free end of the first brown bubble.
Twist the chain of the first two blue bubbles.
Twist the second yellow bubble.
Lock the free end of the chain of the two blue bubbles
with the free end of the second yellow bubble.
We are going to follow this pattern
to make rest of the fabric.
Twist the first gray bubble.
Now let's get the third set of two balloons
The pink and purple.
Twist the first purple bubble.
Lock the free end of the first gray bubble
with the free end of the first purple bubble.
In this way we can add as many balloons
or set of balloons
to our sculpture as we want.
OK.
Let's twist the second brown bubble.
Twist the second gray bubble.
Lock the free end of the second brown bubble
with the free ends of the second gray bubble
in one lock twist.
So, first we attach as many balloons
as many rows in the fabric we want to make.
In our case we will have six rows.
Twist a chain of the first two pink bubbles.
Twist the second purple bubble.
Lock the free end of the chain of the first two
pink bubbles
with the free end of the second purple bubble.
That's it.
Now we will just repeat this pattern.
And we will make it as long as we want.
Twist the third pink.
And twist the third gray bubbles.
Lock the free end of the last purple and gray bubbles
in one lock twist.
Twist the third brown and third yellow bubbles.
Lock the free end of the third brown bubble
with the free end of the third yellow bubble
in one lock twist.
Twist a chain of two blue bubbles.
Twist the next, the fourth yellow bubble.
Lock the free end of the chain of the last
two blue bubbles with the free end
of the fourth yellow bubble.
We can twist balloons in any order.
Just make your self comfortable.
Let's twist the chain of the next two pink bubbles.
Then we twist the fourth purple bubble.
Lock the free end of the last pink bubble
with the last purple bubble.
Twist the fourth gray bubble.
Twist the fourth brown bubble.
Lock the free end of the fourth brown bubble
with the free end of the fourth gray bubble
in one lock twist.
In this example we use very simple and
effective pattern to make a fabric.
There are a lot of use...ah for this kind of fabric
to make all kind of dresses.
That's obviously.
That's a main reason to make fabric at all.
There is no limit what we can use fabric for.
Any kind of large or small size sculptures
can be done using the same fabric.
For this instruction I want to make
a square piece of fabric.
We have six balloons.
Let's twist total of six bubbles in each row.
Using this size of bubbles
it should make it a square.
I want to use this square piece to make a cake.
Previously, I published instruction "Cake 1"
where we use six balloons to make slightly
different cake.
You are very welcome to take a look at it
You can find links to all
published instructions at
fewdoit.com
And here we are getting to sixth bubble.
Good!
So, here we twist a chain of two blue bubbles.
Twist the sixth yellow bubble.
Lock the free end of the sixth yellow bubble
with the free end of the last blue bubble.
Alright,
now we have to twist...what...
the fifth and the sixth pink bubbles.
Then we twist the sixth purple bubble.
Lock the free end of the last sixth purple bubble
with the free end of the last sixth pink bubble
in one lock twist.
Twist the sixth brown bubble.
Twist the sixth gray bubble.
Lock the free end of the sixth gray bubble
with the free end of the sixth brown bubble
in one lock twist.
OK.
We have made a square piece of fabric
six by six bubbles.
Now we are going to cut off the rest of the balloons
ans tie off the ends.
You can use scissors or
do it with your hands.
Whatever you comfortable.
I said previously that...
we are going to use this square piece of fabric
to make a cake.
Basically we've made the top of the cake.
Now we have to make the sides of the cake.
And again, there many different ways
to make sides of the cake.
I use balloons of different colors in instructions
just to make it easier for you
to follow me.
And usually sculptures come out good looking
no matter what rainbow colors we use, right?!
Well, to certain extend I guess, yes.
In a ways it is a beauty of the balloon twisting art.
People appreciate what balloon twisters do.
People like balloon sculptures.
There are many ways to improve any sculpture.
And most importantly, there are no wrong ways
of doing it.
OK.
Let's put the square piece a side.
We are going to use two pairs of different color balloons
to make the sides of the cake.
Inflate all balloons leaving about seven inch flat tail.
Tie nozzles of two balloons in one knot.
Here I use blue and red balloon
to make the pair.
Basically we are going to use the same pattern
with one extra bubble
to make two rows for the sides.
Twist a chain of two blue bubbles.
Lock both ends of the second blue bubble
in one lock twist.
That's an extra bubble
I was talking about.
We use it to attach the side to the cake.
Twist the third blue bubble.
Now, according with the previous pattern
we have to twist two red bubble.
There is nothing wrong to make it
with one red bubble.
Why not.
If you choose to use one red bubble
then you have to lock the free end of the first red bubble
with the free end of the chain of the first three blue bubbles.
Just like that.
That is one pattern we can use.
I would rather use different pattern
with two red bubbles.
It would give me freedom to add additional
rows of the side later, if I choose so.
So, let's twist a chain of two red bubbles.
And now we lock free end of the last red bubble
with the free end of the last blue bubble
in one lock twist.
Following this pattern we will twist the rest of the balloons.
Now we are going to twist bubbles
and do a little math at the same time.
Let's count how many bubbles we have to twist
to make the proper length sides to fit the cake.
Remember we made the top of the cake as a square
six by six bubbles.
Six bubbles by four sides of the square
makes total of 24 bubbles.
24 it is the number of bubbles we have to twist
on the bottom row.
In this example it is the red balloon
I'm talking about.
The blue balloon is the top row.
In the top row, the blue balloon,
we twist an extra bubble
for each point where we attach the side
to the square.
And there are three points to attach to
on each side of the square.
It means we need three extra bubbles
for each side of the square.
So, how many bubbles do we need for the top row?
Come on.
We need an extra balloon
to twist 36 bubbles just for the top row.
And most likely we need another extra balloon
to twist 24 bubbles for the bottom row.
If you use the same color balloons for the top
and the bottom row.
Then you can alternate balloons.
This way you may work it well without any extra balloons.
It is not the case in our example of course.
So, I am going to use the first set of balloons
just to make the half length of the side.
And then we will attach the second set of balloons
to finish all the length.
And it looks like we are getting right now
to this point.
I twist the eighteenth blue bubble.
Once we lock the free end of the eighteenth blue bubble
with the free end of the last red bubble
we are going to cut off the rest of the blue balloon
and cut off the rest of the red balloon.
Now take a good look at this pattern.
I am pretty sure you've seen it before many times.
We use the same pattern to make a crown.
Yes, yes.
Different size bubbles.
Maybe different number of bubbles.
But, basically it was the same pattern.
Make sure you tie the ends.
Now I am going to attach the set of
two different color balloons.
And then I will twist the rest of the bubbles
in same fashion.
Following the same pattern.
There is no point to show the same thing
over and over.
So, I am going to skip this part in the video.
Just do it exactly as we did before.
And the rest we will do together.
OK.
Here we are.
That's how it looks like when it's done.
The two rows of side the length we need for our cake.
Now we have to tie both ends of the side
in one knot.
That's how we make the hat.
Pardon me, the crown.
Of course we made really over sized crown.
Remember, this is a side of the cake,
not a crown we are working on.
And this size is perfect for our cake.
OK.
Now we can use scissors
to trim the knots.
Or just hide them between bubbles.
Our next step is to connect the sides
to the square piece of the fabric.
Here is the square piece.
It's made of very flexible fabric.
We can use this kind of fabric to make sculptures
of very different shapes.
In our example we bake the cake.
There are three pairs of bubbles
on either side of the square.
We are going to attach extra bubbles of the side
at those points.
Take any extra bubble of the top row of the side.
And force it between any two bubbles of the square
at either side.
We are going to work in this way
all around the square.
Take the next extra bubble of the side
and force it between the next two
bubbles of the square.
Let's not worry about the shape of the cake for now.
We will fix all bubbles in proper positions
right after we attach the sides to the cake.
Generally I don't do it this way.
I prefer to attach the side to the cake
at the same time as I twist the side bubbles.
This way I don't have to do the math.
Count how many bubbles I need to twist for the side.
It really does not make big difference of course.
Specially it's true
when we make relatively small sculpture.
Like this one.
There are two reasons to do the math
when we make big, large sculptures.
First of all we need to know how many supplies
it takes to make it.
Do we have enough balloons?
And the second reason is imagination.
Doing the math just helps me to visualize the sculpture
before I even start to make it.
Of course there are many more good reasons
to do the math before we start the sculpture.
Like if you work in a team.
Every one makes a little part of a large sculpture.
So, we have to do the math to determine
who does what part, right?!
Math makes everything easier.
OK.
Here I attach the last bubble.
Now we can fix all bubbles in proper positions.
Congratulations,
we have made the cake.
That is the top view.
Here is the side view
and the bottom view.
From this view the cake is actually a basket.
It could be a vase or a nest if you wish.
Here is my little baby's toy owl in the nest.
You can adapt it to your baby's toys as well.
I personally sit a couple times in this kind of nest.
The balloons did not pop.
Hold my 160 pounds with easy.
Alright, now we are going back to the cake.
There are many ways to decorate the cake.
For example we can attach candles,
flowers, fruits, toys and so on.
Of course all decoration we make with balloons.
Previously I published instructions to make
candles, flowers.
All links at fewdoit.com
In this example
I will attach a candle right in the center of the cake.
Just force it between bubbles.
Here is the flower made from chain of bubbles.
I put candle inside of the flower.
And again, attach it in the center of the cake.
We made simple but very good cake.
With this cake we don't have to worry about
sugar or cholesterol.
We also can use this cake as a hat.
It is very fun way to put it.
I would use...hm...
one or two flat balloons
as a string to tie the hat.
And here is the bottom view.
As I mentioned before
we can use the fabric to make flags
and any large sculptures.
Alright, that is good enough for today.
Have fun and happy twisting :)
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