Classes
Schedule
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10:10 | 11:40 |
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13:00 | 14:30 |
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15:30 | 17:00 |
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17:30 | 19:00 |
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9:15 | 10:45 |
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13:00 | 14:30 |
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16:00 | 17:30 |
Registration Form is available only in Japanese.
Please send us an email to twisters2016@gold.megaegg.ne.jp for your registration.
Details
★MIHARU★

- Title
- Introduction to acting performance?~How to carry your voice~
- Contents
- Having good voice will be a very important part for your performance.
Students can learn voice productions using mirrors and how to relax in front of a crowd.
We are here to help you.
Don't miss the chance!
You will be enjoying yourself speaking in front of people :)
This class will be a great opportunity if you are a person always wanted to act performing, nervous or shy
- What to bring
- comfortable clothes
a face size mirror with good reflections
Nao

- Title
- Making a Bird
- Contents
- I will explain important points like how to design, compose and so on while making a work “bird.” (By director) Mr. Nao will never teach at a lecture in Japan.? This is the last time you can learn his way!

- Title
- Making a Fish
- Contents
- I will explain important points like how to design, compose and so on while making a work “fish.” (By director) Mr. Nao will never teach at a lecture in Japan.? This is the last time you can learn his way!
Balloon Artist TOSHI

- Title
- Let's make wings
- Contents
- It is easy to make wings by jointing two parts.
It is lovely.
Give it a try! - Target Level
- If you are not beginner, you can join us.

- Title
- Osaru-san (Dearing monkey)
- Contents
- It presents uniquely structured monkey.
Please do give it a try! - Target Level
- suitable for intermediate-level practitioners
SAMEPON

- Title
- Let's make Japanese ornament "Yakkodako"
- Contents
- The theme this year is ‘fairly takes’, hence I wanted something Japanese and created this very Yakkodako (man-shaped kite). To make a Yakkodako that can be hung on walls or from ceiling (hands-on)
- Target Level
- The pinching twist technique (wringing and twisting) is required to be learned.
You have enough techniques if you feel that you can manage to finish your works with few failures.
Those who with good skills in pinch-twist - What to bring
- scissors/balloon pump
A plastic bag (of 70L) for bringing "Yakkodako" back home
SayQoo

- Title
- All of Dot Chain Waving technique (tentatively called)
- Contents
- Basic knitting procedure and varieties of brand-new knitting technique:
The Dot Chain Wave will be presented. The balloon can maintain its form without putting wires inside if you use this technique. The technique is essentially the same with The Spiral Right technique which was presented in the Conference held in Sapporo, however it gets easier by omitting wresting process. You will learn the technique through on-site training in this class. A specific work will not be finished though, you will acquire various techniques for applications.
Kussy!

- Title
- How to make a cute “Chibikoro Balloon”!
- Lecture style
- Hands-on
- What to bring
- a pump, scissors, a marker pen
- Target Level
- from begginers
- Contents
- Easy and cute”Chibikoro Balloon.”♪
After you learn the basic shapes and master how to make some variations, you can change the works into ones you like!
I will teach you some knacks in detail carefully, that is hard to understand in the home page.
I will also introduce you wrapping and the way to use the works in shows.
Those practical ways of using a balloon will be fun if you know.
Balloon Artist tomo

- Title
- Wouldn't you like to make a balloon car?
- Lecture style
- Hands-on
- Target Level
- from intermediate level.(The persons who are used to make a work with several balloons.)
- Contents
- Car is one of works that are requested by the customers to make.
This time, I will teach you haw to make a simple car with no decorations and then, apply its way into a cool racing car.
After you learn those techniques, you can make a great job in the scenes like events, displays, gifts and so on. - What to bring
- Please bring a 30cm scale with you because the size of bubble you twist is crutial.
☆Ochappy HORIKOSHI☆

- Title
- Soft-cream
- Lecture style
- Hands-on
- What to bring
- Pumping, a pair of scissors, a body measure
- Target Level
- intermediate practitioners
- Contents
- To hands-on vanilla flavoured soft-cream
(image is of matcha flavoured isoft-cream)
Boukendan Zebra

- Title
- Simple version; How to make masks
- Contents
- Firstly we make "the mask of ogre" which is for the public class to make it.
We additionally want to introduce how to make the application of mask of the original hero, monster man.
It is recommended toward the teacher of nursery school and the kindergarten, the officer of the upbringing society!
To product masks a lots with friends for a bazaar or masks shop, To use five colors of balloons, it becomes to an original squadron hero in the game society!
How to use on you! - Target Level
- A lecture is for beginners, but if you can learn how to make a bear, and squeeze and twist (pinch twist) by the day, it is easy to make it.
- What to bring
- scissors cutting well, black magic maker
kotapapa

- Title
- 1. cute Tyrannosaurus rex
- Contents
- We make cute Tyrannosaurus rex using 646 , Link-O-Loon and round. It becomes the large work of the height 70cm.
- Target Level
- It is technically all right if you can do a tulip twist and a pinch twist.
But power may be slightly necessary for a pinch twist of 646 and Link-O-Loon.
A level is intermediate.

- Title
- 2. the robot deformed
- Contents
- We make a famous certain robot in the world. The height is 30cm.
we have an approval with condition about the copyright.
We cannot give the name, but you can look forward to seeing after you join in the class! - Target Level
- It is technically all right if you can do a pinch twist. It is easy to make it if you can cut a balloon by hand.
A level is intermediate.
Sawa

- Title
- Beginner's course 「Let's make a balloon gift!」
- Contents
- Let's make a gift using 'Fruits-chan', which won the second prize at the Twisters contest of Twister 2014.
Making process is simple. I will tell you basic points and then how we can arrange basic techniques.
I'm looking forward to making balloon gifts with you and having fun!
Balloon Yossy

- Title
- “Let's Create Seasonal Insects: the 4th Time, Beetles.”
- Contents
- The summer is coming soon after Twisters.
Beetles are the most eye-catching balloon art during the summer especially for boys in Japan.
If you want to add more ideas, come join us! Let's create beetles together! - Target Level
- Anybody who can do the pinch twist (or who knows the basic technique to make a bear with one balloon) is welcomed.
It will be easier if you know the tulip twist too. - What to bring
- A pump, scissors, and anything you need for your own learning (i.e. a pen and paper).
Clown Kotora

- Title
- Let's Make A Ball!
- Target Level
- Anybody who can create a dog is welcomed.
- Contents
- Let's create the 260 with 6 balloons!
With this technique, you can show your customers the process of making the 260, you can play catch call with your customers or you can make a yo-yo by tying the 260.
You can create a variety type of balls if you use the different size of balloons.
Performing Artist JOU

- Title
- Mastering a bending technique is a key of making your balloon look better!
- Contents
- How do you make a heart shaped balloon?
Don't you struggle bending and creating a good heart-shape?
Mastering a bending technique is the key!
By learning and reviewing your bending technique will make a difference! At the end of this course, you will be able to learn how to bed a balloon at the 90 degree angle and create a star-shape balloon.
Let's go back to the basic and master a bending technique together!
You will enjoy creating your balloons more after this course.
Sato-genjin

- Title
- Techniques to make the viewer think “That looks enjoyable!”
- Contents
- What's important for a performer's blog is to make the viewers think what you do is interesting.
I'm Takashima, nick name is Sato-genjin.
I'm a balloon performer in Matsumoto city, Shimane prefecture.
I'm not making any sales pitch at all. I just write a blog.
To enjoy the audience is prerequisite.
Vital is to make the client who hire the performer think Sato-genjin's performance show looks joyful.”
I will tell you what I do in my blog in one-hour-and-a-half lecture.
・Why I write my blog.
・How to title your blog to make it easy to reach.
・How to write a blog to make it attractive to read.
・The most important point in a performer's blog.
Thanks to the blog, the person like me, who have never won a prize in any contest can work as a balloon art performer in the country of Shimane.
I will tell you how to deliver“That looks fun !”in your blog.
su-shin

- Title
- Miniature balloon dress 1&2
- Contents
- In this class you are supposed to make a miniature of the balloon dress that I made in Twisters 2013 in Takasaki.
Adjusting the amount of air is important.
It's is a bit difficult to make because it is a fine work, but let's try with us. - What to bring
- Pumps(for 160 & for 260)
a net or a plastic bag to keep the inflated balloons in it
a scale (around 30cm)
Balloon Performer Syoichi Matsushita

- Title
- Peacock
- Contents
- Wouldn't you like to make your display more gorgeous making a peacock that can open and close its tail feather?
This is a little tough challenge, but I hope you will try!!
For the person who are in intermediate or better level. - Target Level
- If you can understand knitting, you are OK to join the class.
changdie

- Title
- Level up of balloon greeting
- Contents
- This lecture is to level up your way of balloon greeting.
This class is for begginers and intermediate people who have just started balloon as their job or who want to start this business. I'm very pleased to see some parttime workers making balloons in shopping malls and in front of shops in the town recently and to see how balloons have become popular.
It's because of the hard work of all predecessors!
This time is the turn for the young twisters like us to work hard.
(It has been 5 years since I started balloons.)
It is a work and you are paid, so you have to satisfy the client who hires you, not only satisfying the customers you present balloons to.
I will tell you how you improve your greeting situation.
With telling you how to think about the menues you destribute, and introducing convenient goods, I will give you hands-on lecture and make some works suitable for greeting.
You can join us if you can make a pinchtwist!
I hope you make this class a chance to make your greeting better.
Tsuyoshi Imanishi

- Title
- Make it more valuable than its price! When you can't communicate, you are as good as not existing!
- Contents
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・Marketing for balloon art.
・I use SNS because I wanted to make people happy.
・The reason I recommend you to use blog definitely.
I thought marketing balloon art was difficult because in Japan balloon is something you can get for nothing. But I found out one thing.
It is that I hadn't told people it's more valuable than its price.
I hope I can help you by talking about balloon art marketing including the story of its value, and my experience.
Now that we can not do without SNS any more. Althoug how to use it is very simple, in social net work, you have a risk of falling in a big trouble.
I will teach you how to avoid troubles and how to post your comments and photos to make people happier.
I'm going to talk about blog in the last part.
We have been studing about SEO and how to decide on key words.
The most important is to write your blog with all your heart.
When you put your heart in your blog, it gets more acess more“like”and more comments on the Facebook.
I will teach you what I learned about blog.
In the end,
Hello! I'm Imanishi from Koumi town famous for crabs in Hyogo prefecture.
I'm very positive and tough mentally. If you are interested in me, please take this lecture.
I will make my best to have you think it is good.
I hope that all related people will become happy by your working as? balloon artists.
teriyaki

- Title
- Let's make a blloon hat shaped a car
- Contents
- You might have had a chance that you wear a balloon hat when you are making balloon.
In this class, I will lecture you how to make an unusual balloon hat, a car shaped balloon hat.
As it is a car, you can put a small balloon dall on it.
Please come and join us and try making this balloon hat.
- Target Level
- You need experience of making a balloon hat.
tsubasa

- Title
- Square and Rhombus
- Contents
- It is the arrangement, which was made in the second place artwork Twisters 2008 Hiroshima and is geometrically weaved in using 160 and 350.
It can be also decorated as a sighnboard with flowers, a foundation of artwork, and usedas a surface of the wall in a huge work.
These basic arrangements will open to the public limited to those who take secret weaving course.
Have a good time!
JUNE&yuka

- Title
- Wedding Balloon Doll
- Contents
- Balloon art is ideal for wedding ceremony occasions. Many people want balloon art welcome dolls for their wedding ceremonies.
Today, we will first learn basics of how to make welcome dolls.
We will learn some advanced techniques as well.
You will be able to personalize your dolls after mastering all the techniques introduced in this class. - Title
- Welcome Bulletin Board
- Contents
- Clear balloons shine beautifully.
We are going to make not only wedding welcome boards but also other welcome bulletin boards for various occasions.
Balloon art welcome bulletin boards are versatile by selecting the color of the balloon and the words you put on the boards.

Face painter Yuki(Yukichon)

- Title
- Face Painting for Beginners
- Contents
- Do you want to acquire some skill that will entertain people?
Do you want to do more than just balloon art at events and festivals? How about face painting?
The materials used for balloon art and face painting are different but both will make people smile in the same way.
When you get painted on your face and arms, not only you will be excited but also people around you will feel lively.
This class is for beginners of face and body painting. I will be providing you with knowledge needed for painting on a person's skin.
I will also explain how all the tools work.
While I do the demonstrations, I will tell you stories from my experiences of face painting.
For skill practice, I will give you lectures on basic one-point design using face paints and brushes.
The face paint you will use in class is rainbow cakes. The colors are set in a single container. You will have fun even if you are not much of a painter.
You will be required to pay 2,500-3,000 yen for the face painting materials as well as for the class.
You will be able to take home all the materials provided in the class including face paints and brushes.
This way you can practice face painting at home. - What to bring
- clean towel (The one you will not mind getting dirty.)
plastic bag for the towel after use
make-up remover (optional) - Note
- Short sleeve tops will be preferable as all of you will apply face painting on one another's face at the end of the skill practice.
Balloon Take

- Contents
- We will make Anime hero balloon figures since it is easy to make muscles with balloons.
Balloon Take will lecture about how to make them.
We will start with designing the balloon figures and then learn advanced techniques. - Lecture style
- Hands-on
- Target Level and prerequisite
- Those who like Anime heroes with the heart of a young boy.
Those who can make a pinch twist and have ever made balloon art works by combining several pinch twists. - Stuff(per person)
- 260 blue 3, orange 3, blush 4, pale blue 5, yellow 5
- What to bring
- balloon pump,
scissors,
white, black and yellow marker
Paro

- Contents
- three different kinds of dinosaurs that are perfect as greeting items
- Lecture style
- Hands-on
- Target Level
- Beginner to intermediate
Those who can make a pinch twist. - Stuff(per person)
- 260 green 2, purple 3, red 3
- What to bring
- balloon pump,
scissors,
white, black and yellow marker
Tee

- Title
- Cute wild animal
- Contents
- We will make A Cute Owl and A little Bear.
- Target Level
- All level
- Special technique
- Eyeball and note animal

- Title
- Meaw Meaw Cat
- Contents
- Let's make a cute "Meaw Meaw Cat" together!
- Target Level
- All level
Masako Nomura

- Title
- Panda Bag
- Contents
- Make"Panda Bag" with quick-link balloons.
You can put some balloons into the bag, so why don't you use it for greetings at an event?
Also, you can arrange different animals with different colors and patterns. - Target Level
- Intermediate~Advanced

- Title
- Monkey Girl
- Contents
- Make not only "Magic Balloon" but "Monkey Girl" with quick-link and round balloons.
You can see a puffy and cute skirt.
Quick-link balloons are used for this skirt. Besides, you can arrange other characters! - Target Level
- Intermediate ~Advanced