ClipAway Ballooning

I have dedicated this site to those interested in Hot Air Ballooning or wondering what is paperclip art. You can also find a little something about how one person found an enjoyable way to help a worthy charitable cause. Hot Air Balloons, like ClipAway, owned by ClipAway Ballooning LLc (which I am president and pilot), launch around sunrise or a co... uple hours prior to sunset. This holds true for festivals, sport flying, and commercial flights. What about the balloons you see in the middle of the afternoon? Most likely they are attached to the ground via one or more lines (called tether lines) and may only go up about 50-100. Looking to take a flight? Want to get involved? Send an e-mail to clipaway @ gmail.com (remove the spaces around ' @ ' first). Weve all seen a paperclip, that lowly piece of wire in a familiar shape in everyones drawer, used to hold papers together, clean your nails, or twist, bend and break just because its there. On these pages, you will see objects I have crafted from paperclips. ???? Yes, you read that correctly copper, gold and silver colored paperclips of various sizes and thicknesses. What is a paperclip? A short piece of stiff wire curled around itself into the familiar shape. By straightening, reshaping, connecting and then soldering the connections together for rigidity, I have managed to create objects in a medium that is at our fingertips but hardly used for art. The biggest challenge is how to make each of the joined spots look as if they belong and not detract from the design. That is Paperclip Art. Know of someone else making artwork out of paperclips? Please leave a note by clicking the contact button on the left. Feel free to drop by again and see what has been added or changed -- I'm open to suggestions. Thanks.Read More