Apr. 17—Five years ago, Ben Brown received a starter balloon modeling kit for Christmas. Brown's wife, Mindy, said it wasn't something her husband even asked for. "He is artsy but it was a random gift ...

It used to take a lot of guts to make a living as a balloon entertainer. Some of the earliest known balloons were made from animal bladders, intestines and other entrails, as they could easily be ...

Ali Rashied never saw a balloon artist during his childhood in Iraq, recalling his first exposure was at age 30 watching the iconic scene from Jim Carey’s “The Mask,” where Carey twists balloons into ...

LUXEMBURG - The line of youngsters waiting for a twisted character from the “balloon guy’’ was as long as the roasted corn line at Corn Fest in Carlsville on Sept. 8. The man in the balloon art shirt ...

When 160 Michigan City area kids got to “Shop with a Cop” recently, it wasn’t only presents they took home. They also got their pick of several balloon sculptures, courtesy of some homeschooled ...

Growing up with a father who made a living for his family as a birthday clown, San Antonio brothers Jose and Fernando Tapia learned early on that they wanted balloons to always be part of their lives.

If you’ve ever taken a stroll through Old Sacramento, you have probably seen a balloon artist whipping up a colorful balloon animal for a kid. To someone just walking by, it may seem that that’s all ...