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November 17, 2007
Giant fish in the sky
Taking balloon modelling to its ultimate conclusion Plasticiens Volants [literally Flying Plastics Technicians] filled the streets of down town Huddersfield with giant fish, a lobster and other denizens of the deep.
Fish were an ideal choice for helium-filled inflatables as the movement, guided by said Plastics Technicians on ropes, was very floaty and watery. Helium-filled inflatables were an excellent choice for a mass-event – everyone could see, it didn’t matter where you stood.
And so floating above our heads, and sometimes dipping down into the crowd, the giant fish told a story, complete with a bad guy [a conger eel]. The oyster lost its pearl and the fish chased after it and the eel attacked them, then the octopus got the eel. A classic story of: koi meets pearl, koi loses pearl…
Truly a spectacular spectacular.
Posted by john at November 17, 2007 11:03 PM