The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle just published an informative article about Todd. It discusses his background, and how he made the transition from Patent Attorney to Balloon Artist.
The front-page of the October 7, 2009 WSJ has a nice article about the ever-changing field of balloon artistry. Todd, along with many of his friends, is featured in the piece:
Hyperinflation: Balloon Twisters Stretch the Limits of Latex Art
Twistin’ Todd is currently performing in Hangzou, China for Golden Week (celebrating China’s 60th anniversary).
He is performing on the “Big Stage” every morning, building exhibition/display pieces throughout the day, and also strolling in “Interactive Land” with the thousands of Chinese visitors to the festival.
Here is a short video of Todd strolling with a giant balloon giraffe (the lovely lady with him is Diane Orrett from Osaka, Japan):
Buster Balloon's Gorilla at the Half Gallery in NYC
One of our favorite celebrity balloon twisters was just in town for a gallery show at the Half Gallery. The show featured some of Buster’s most famous works, and hinted at his top-secret project with Jeff Koons. Check out this great video that the New York Times produced for the show.
Spike at the Half Gallery
On an early August morning, Tawney Bubbles entertained the Las Vegas populace on KVBC’s “News 3 at Sunrise” . She showed anchor Dan Ball some fun and impressive balloons, and left him with a special mini-Dan balloon to be his guest reporter. Watch Tawney in action below:
Twistin’ Todd joined astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson and other special guests on the July 25, 2009 edition of CBS’s “The Early Show”. Todd made Neil a fun balloon space alien floating on a flying saucer holding a laser gun. He also twisted balloon caricatures of the anchors Chris Wragge and Erica Hill, some cute animals for weather anchor Lonnie Quinn, a large hat for the audience, and of course, the CBS unblinking eye.
And of course, a few pictures of the appearance:
Balloon Magician Todd Neufeld stopped by WPIX Channel 11 in New York City to make patriotic balloon creations and talk about his upcoming visit to the White House to entertain at their Fourth of July bash.
Todd taught anchor Jill Nicolini how to twist balloon shapes and judged anchors Tiffany and Suki in their balloon twisting contest.
WPIX has a nice blog article about the visit.