Larry Moss, Balloon Artist: It's Exciting to Change the World You're In (S3 E28)

Kites and Strings

This episode of Kites and Strings is pretty twisted. We interview Larry Moss, who the Washington Post has called the "best balloon artist in the world. He has been featured on television shows around the world and recognized by Ripley's Believe It or Not, and has been in the Guinness Book of World Records multiple times. In addition to the large sculptures that are several stories high and that use tens of thousands of balloons in each, he's also been recognized for his work replicating the art of masters, like Cezanne, Da Vinci, by Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, and Grant Wood.
Steve and Catherine have a great time chatting with Larry, talking about his work, the qualities of balloons as a medium, his creativity origins story which involves, party balloons, magic, and music, and his process. All good stuff.
Larry's website:
https://www.airigami.com/about
Teaching Artists ROC
https://teachingartistsroc.com/
A really fun time-lapse video of Larry and his crew at work replicating French artist Jean-Honoré Fragonard's The Swing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxZn4vQdlPU
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