From balloon-request@cvs.rochester.edu Wed Jun 28 20:54:38 1995 Received: from swift.cvs.rochester.edu by mother.ent.rochester.edu with SMTP id AA17098 (5.65/IDA-1.4.4 for /usr/local/lib/lists/balloon.archive); Wed, 28 Jun 1995 20:54:38 -0400 Received: by cvs.rochester.edu (4.1/MAIN-MX-1.4.3.2) id AA16799; Wed, 28 Jun 95 20:54:17 EDT Resent-Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1995 20:07:34 -0500 (CDT) Old-Return-Path: Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1995 20:07:34 -0500 (CDT) From: Tracy Atteberry Subject: Of festivals and pigs To: Balloon Mailing List Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Resent-Message-Id: <"4dW-f.0.R64.ucVyl"@swift.cvs.rochester.edu> Resent-From: balloon@cvs.rochester.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/379 X-Loop: balloon@cvs.rochester.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: balloon-request@cvs.rochester.edu Hi all. This is my first posting to this list (ltlftp - long time lurker, first time poster). I just finished twisting in public for the first time this last weekend at a swap meet/crafts fair in Nebraska. I thought it went pretty well considering the rain and that it was my first time. I made a LOT of hats (mostly double helix hats) and swords. Anyway, I have a question and then a contribution. While I was twisting a lady came up and asked if I would be interested in coming back and performing at their town's annual festival (in honor of the town's founder). She wants to pay a flat fee (no tips) for standing on the street corner and twisting balloons for 1 to 3 days. I gave her my card and told her that I'd call her back. How much should one charge for this sort of thing? (BTW, it's about a five hour drive from where I live.) Now for my humble contribution. I wanted to be able to make a pig but I couldn't find any in the books that I have. Here is what I came up with. PIGGY ear ear ear ear nose _ _ 2/3 of body | pop | __ __ /_\ ____ /_\ __ _____ _____ __ /_\/_\/_\ __ (@)(__)(__)(_)(____)(_)(__)(_____)(_____)(__)(_)(_)(_)(__) \ \__________________/\____________/\_______________/ \____________| front legs rest ear ear of body | pop | _____ __ /_\/_\/_\ __ __ (_____).(__)(_)(_)(_)(__)(__)....... / \_______________/\_________/ knot back legs tail INSTRUCTIONS Start with a balloon fully inflated except for about 6 inches. To begin, form a .5" tulip twist followed by two 1" bubbles, a .5" bubble, a 1.5" bubble, another .5" bubble, and another 1" bubble. Lock twist the second and third 1" bubbles to form a five bubble loop. Push the tulip twist (snout) through the loop and ear twist the .5" buubles to complete the head. Form two 3" bubbles and lock twist these to form the lower two thirds of the body. Form a 1" bubble, three .5" bubbles and another 1" bubble. Lock twist the two 1" bubbles. Ear twist the first and third .5" bubbles and pop the one in the middle to form the front feet. Form a 3" bubble and roll it through the other two 3" bubbles to finish forming the body. It's probably obvious at this point that there won't be enough to finsh (at least not with the long tail that a pig deserves). Deflate the remaining balloon and tie off. Inflate a second balloon only about 4 inches and tie on to back of body. Complete by forming the hind legs in the same way as the front legs. Form a 1" bubble, three .5" bubbles and another 1" bubble. Lock twist the two 1" bubbles. Ear twist the first and third .5" bubbles and pop the one in the middle to form the hind feet. You should now have a cute little pig with a long tail. If anyone can tell me how to make the tail curl without inflating it please let me know. Does anyone know of a one balloon version of a pig? ___ \|/ (. .) (o o) --------------oOo-(_)-oOo---------oOo-(_)-oOo------------- Tracy Atteberry University of Kansas atteberr@math.ukans.edu Mathematics Department World Wide Web URL - http://www.math.ukans.edu/~atteberr/ ----------------------------------------------------------