A balloon is an airbag made of a membrane. Balloon art is an art that uses balloons as a medium to create a visual and tactile artistic image in a certain space, expressing the artist’s aesthetic feelings and aesthetic ideals. Nowadays, balloon art has triggered a series of artistic trends with its novel and unique forms, rich and varied shapes, and endless creativity, and has become an advanced art form that is popular in the world today.
The history of balloons can be traced back to ancient Mexicans blowing air into the sutured cat intestines for sacrifice or celebration.
The art of balloons originated from the invention of modern rubber balloons. In 1824, British scientist Professor Michael Faraday cut the rubber around the rubber pad and made his “balloon” by squeezing its edges.
In the same year, he proposed in the article: that raw rubber is very elastic, and the bag made of rubber can be expanded all the time when air is injected, becoming very transparent, and after being filled with air, it becomes very buoyant due to a large amount of buoyancy.
In 1825, a balloon kit consisting of a rubber bottle and a compressed air pump was marketed by a British rubber manufacturer.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Americans took the lead in mass-producing a cigar-shaped balloon that was different from the traditional round balloon and used balloons in advertising and packaging.
Although there were very few high-quality rubber raw materials at that time, and the balloons were thick and small, it was difficult to blow out the shape, but the birth of this new type of balloon and the attempt at balloon decoration opened a new era in the balloon industry!
At that time, although the art of balloon shaping was born, this art form has not been popularized and promoted on a large scale.
It wasn’t until World War II that balloons came into play as a new weapon on the battlefield, during which thinner and lighter balloons were produced before balloons became popular.
People use this thin and light balloon to make simple images such as planes, dogs, giraffes, hats, etc. Some balloon companies in the United States have also started balloon modeling, decoration, and packaging business.
With the development of science and technology and the process of industrialization, the quality of balloons has been greatly improved in the 1950s, and new types of balloons emerged one after another, with brighter colors and more flexible lengths and sizes. Balloons have fully matured as a material medium for an emerging art form.
In 1976, an American businessman founded a balloon company in Washington, D.C., which used balloon art to send greetings to customers.
The company quickly became an alternative to flowers due to its unique creativity, strong visuals, and affordable prices.
The company has achieved great success, opening chain stores in many major cities in the United States, and gradually forming a balloon empire that spans the United States.
Soon, with the prosperity of the economy and the continuous upgrading of the artistic level, balloon art is popular all over the world, and it is widely used in fashion, advertising, celebration, decoration, games, children’s education, and so on.
In many countries, balloon artists need to obtain the CBA (Certified Balloon Artist) or QAI (Qualatex Approved Instructor) professional certification. These balloon artists have their own studios and undertake various balloon decoration designs.
Today, the global balloon market has become very broad. In many international balloon art festivals, balloon art carnivals, and other balloon art events, the colorful balloon art designs and performances have been brilliant, producing huge artistic appreciation value and commercial value.
The commercial market for balloons is becoming more mature and touches on a variety of segments. For example, balloons are widely used at parties.
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