| Basic
Directions |
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Layout
- Layout your design on RMS, honeycomb graph
paper. You may download the graph paper from
http://www.rouseinternational.com/downloads/pdf/bnr.2.graph.pdf. You may use our design instead
your own if you like, or use ours as inspiration
for your own. You may download our design
from http://www.rouseinternational.com/ra/is.2003/04/pdf/teddy.bear.01.recipe.pdf
.
Our
design uses two RMS Banners (2, half Banners
come in a package) for a single layer Teddy Bear.
Use 4 Banners for a double layer Teddy Bear. |
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Basic
Directions - For
a single layer Teddy Bear, simply follow the basic
directions that come with the RMS
Banners. Just arrange the balloon colors to
match your design. You may download a copy
of those basic instructions from http://www.rouseinternational.com/downloads/pdf/RMS-2BannerBuilderDir6.6.00.pdf
If
your design includes many details, as ours does,
then you will want to load more than one balloon
into some openings (apertures) in the
framework. There are several possible
techniques for this. Download our
suggestions from http://www.rouseinternational.com/ra/is.2003/04/pdf/split.aperture.recipe.02.pdf
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Shape
- AFTER you have
loaded the balloons for your design, cut
away the excess Matrix with scissors . This
will give you the overall shape you want. |
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Support
-
Usually, a simple base plate with a vertical pipe
on the back side of the Teddy Bear will be
satisfactory support. Wrap a cable tie
around the pipe and around a section of Matrix
strap. Tighten the cable tie until the
balloon is snug against the pipe. DO NOT
force the pipe directly against the strap.
This will usually knock one or more balloons out
of position in the Matrix. Attach the pipe
to the Matrix several places along the height of
the Teddy Bear. |
| Double
Layer Design |
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Increased
Impact
- You can greatly increase the impact and the
physical strength of your Teddy Bear by making him
in
twin layers. You will double the balloons
and the Matrix framework, but still need only one
base and pipe to make a Teddy Bear that people may
walk around and view from both sides. You
will also gain freedom in placing the Teddy Bear at
your venue. |
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Reorient
Balloons
- You still use doublets of balloons for a double
layer design. In this case, however, the
doublets are normally made from balloons of the
same color and are oriented to stand perpendicular to the Matrix, rather than lie down
parallel to the framework.
Insert
the first balloon of the doublet into the Matrix
with the neck of the balloon in the air rather
than against a Matrix strap. The second
balloon of the pair may flop over for now, but
that is OK.
Download
this file http://www.rouseinternational.com/ra/pdf/DoubleHeartRecipe.pdf
for a closer look at a double layer arrangement. |
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Close
The Sandwich -
.Once you have loaded a number of balloons, take
the second Matrix and press it down onto the
several second balloons. Just make sure that
the second Matrix is oriented the same way as the
first and is positioned directly in front (or
above) the first. You may do just a few
doublets before adding the second Matrix or wait
until you have loaded all the doublets into the
first framework. |
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Shape
- AFTER you have
loaded the balloons for your design, cut
away the excess Matrix with scissors. This
will give you the overall shape you want. |
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Support
-
A simple base plate with a vertical pipe is all
you should need for support. Just slide the
pipe up the center of the design between the
layers of balloons. |
| Trim |
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Camouflage
-
You can make the Matrix straps on the outside of
your design practically disappear with
camouflage. If the outside balloons are
white then the semi-transparent white Matrix will
hide on its own. You may paint the Matrix to
match balloons or cover the Matrix with balloon
matching ribbon, colored tape, fabric, etc. |
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Feature
-
You can make the Matrix straps on the outside of
your design stand out as a featured element.
Choose a color and texture that coordinate with
other elements of your Teddy Bear or with other
elements of your room decor. You may paint the
Matrix to match or cover it with matching ribbon,
colored tape, fabric, etc. |
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Icing
-
What will you see between the layers of your
double thick Teddy Bear? It is a little like an
Oreo cookie; usually, we would like some sweet
icing in the middle. Just trimming the
excess latex from around the knots in the doublets
can help.
You
may want to try wrapping the knots of the outside
row of doublets with 260's or 160's. This is a popular way to deal with
it. Download this file for one example and
instructions: http://www.rouseinternational.com/ra/pdf/DoubleHeartRecipe.pdf
You
might also use ribbons or strips of fabric or
plastic. |
| Scale |
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Up
Scale -You
may create a larger Teddy Bear by using a larger RMS
framework and larger balloons. For instance, if
you used RMS Builders instead of Banners you could
use the same number of balloons (but inflated
8" instead of 4") and create a 12' tall
Teddy Bear instead of 6'. If you used RMS
Super Builders, the same number of balloons would
produce a Teddy Bear 21' tall. |
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Down
Scale -You
may create a smaller Teddy Bear by using a smaller
RMS framework and smaller balloons. For instance,
if you used used a custom RMS framework for 350's,
and followed the same design, it would
produce a Teddy Bear about 3' tall. If you drop
down to a custom RMS framework for 260's,
the result would be about 2'. A 160 version
would be only about 1' tall.
These
RMS Mini-Matrix versions use bubbles twisted from
long balloons rather than placing individual
balloons in apertures. You can check them
out further in the RMS Custom Catalog at: http://rouseinternational.com/catalogs/gen.cat.panels.honey.htm
You
may download sample instructions for using RMS
Mini-Matrix from http://rouseinternational.com/downloads/pdf/RMS.Twistie.Matrix.Dir.01.pdf |
