It’s been a long few days.  Thanks to everyone that’s been following the Venus project.  It’s been fun.  I’m looking forward to seeing what other artists  have done for ArtPrize.  But right now, I’m tired. If you’re in Grand Rapids, come see the final sculpture this week.  It will be around until the end of [...]

One of the things that makes balloon art so unique is the speed in which it has to be created. Since the sculptures won’t last very long, you want to build everything in a short enough period of time that they last. And that means that the day before you open, there’s tons of pressure [...]

One of the things I love about my projects is the way people  just show up and join in. I seem to have this way of attracting really fun crowds. I’m not talking about projects like Balloon Manor that are designed with the masses in mind. I’m talking about things that were designed to be [...]

As I was ego surfing some time ago, I stumbled across a quote about me that I just fell in love with.  “Larry Moss is a hack — I see no dachsunds.” The quote turned up on metafilter.com and all it had for an attribution was a username, rob511. Rob511, if you’re out there reading [...]

… is really a lot more fun than people say it is.
I wanted to share some pics of our pre-build preparations. Rarely do I get the chance to work on any project without help from my kids, and this was no exception. A giant piece of canvas surrounded by cans of paint proved way [...]

ArtPrize is just around the corner. Kelly and I have been gearing up for this for a while.  We have a fair amount of stuff in place, but unlike many of the other ArtPrize projects we’ve been following (and there are some very cool projects out there besides ours, like the Nessie Project) where things [...]