Turnadaisy's local Balloon dept. aka Balloons by Turnadaisy creates over a half mile of Google Fiber...in balloons! :)

Oh Yes! 800 balloon awesomeness ;)
Balloons by Turnadaisy created and unfurled their 800 balloon, over half mile long "Google Balloon Fiber" :) The great folks at DVS Creative made this very cool video...check it out! Oh and before you press play, take a look at the picture, you can see the balloon fiber coming out of the back of the Ryder truck and winding out all over the place. LOL!

Google Fiber: My Grand Rapids is Ready from DVS Creative on Vimeo.

I hope Google sees this and wants to come to Grand Rapids, we are a hardworking and fun town...it took a little over 10 hours to inflate, tie and bag the balloon Google Fiber. Yes it was worth every minute!!
p.s.
Yes we picked up every tiny scrap to recycle them :)

Google Fiber for Grand Rapids!!

Hello folks!!

Well more fun and excitement in Grand Rapids, Mi!
An amazing group of people have joined together to show Google why Grand Rapids, Mi is the place for them to trial the Google Fiber!!

Google Fiber will be the fastest publicly available internet connection operating at an amazing 1000mbps (or 1gbps). In our area the typical Comcast & AT&T U-verse connection is about 6mbps.

W00T!!!!

So this is what they are doing Friday March 19th - Rally

Oh and one last, looooong thing ;-)

Balloons by Turnadaisy will be constructing a 3,000' long, 800 balloon Google Fiber...in Google colors of course for the rally on Friday :) Yes that is a lot of balloons and it will be over a half mile long!! Crazy Fun!! I will get pictures up after the event.

If you are in, near or just want to, please support Grand Rapids for this great Google trial by nominating, showing up in Google colors, joining the facebook fan page, following on twitter etc. :)

Thank you! We all hope to see YOU there, keep a look out for that really looooong balloon Google Fiber!!

Turnadaisy's review of the Broadway Grand Rapids Cirque Dreams Illumination

You have exactly 3 more chances to experience
CIRQUE DREAMS ILLUMINATION
presented by Broadway Grand Rapids
Saturday, January 30 at 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday, January 31 at 3:00pm

This is the description on BGR's website:
"City dwellers collect objects that are balanced beyond belief, linemen delicately walk wires, daredevils leap tall buildings and flyers redefine the risks of flight. Everyday occurrences are transformed into astounding feats performed by an international cast of acrobatic urbanites, flexible fanatics, world-class athletes, musicians and more. This action packed Cirque Dream is enhanced with over 100 inventive costumes and set in a fantastical cityscape of dimension and special effects. Cirque Dreams Illumination will surpass its "jaw dropping, family friendly spectacle" proclamation by the Los Angeles Times and exhilarate audiences of all ages."

The production is all of this and more...it is gorgeous! The Color, capital C! The "Illumination" and sparkle are stunning.

Martin Lamberti had everyone laughing until they cried with his antics which included members of the audience.

Andrey Averyushkin is incredible, astounding, hilarious and more. You should not miss a chance to experience this talented performer.

I highly recommend you experience this production, we are so glad we did. The sheer number of incredibly talented performers is well worth attending this production more than once.

Thank You Grand Rapids Social Diary for this illuminating experience! Who is Grand Rapids Social Diary you ask? Well I suggest you find out, I believe you will be glad you did. http://www.grandrapidssocialdiary.com/ GRSD is on Facebook and Twitter as well.

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paws.jpg, originally uploaded by Turnadaisy.

Paws with a Cause dog http://www.pawswithacause.org/ on Turnadaisy's ArtPrize sculpture :) Thanks Apryl Lea (staff trainer extraordinaire:) visit www.PawsitiveVybe.com for the best dog training in West Michigan by Apryl Lea & Ron Watson. Visit www.turnadaisy.com for sculpture and the ultimate recycled lazy susan style rotating tables information.

Gotta Love WOOD TV 8!!!

and the folks who chose to show even more footage of the Turnadaisy Flowering Garden Bench and Mark giving her a spin :) We are honored to be shown amongst these great artists!!
The Turnadaisy Flowering Garden Bench is shown at 1:25 just after a very cool close up of "Moose" by Bill Secunda, which took 5th place in the ArtPrize competition.

ArtPrize has announced the Top Ten and they are all Amazing!! Good Luck folks :)

ArtPrize Fun on the Turnadaisy Flowering Garden Bench :)

So tonight was the last night for people to vote on any artist in the first ever ArtPrize competition in Grand Rapids, Mi. We still don't know where we stand with the voting but it has been such an amazing experience we have perma grin :)
We were able to do a quick interview with Leon Hendrix from WOOD TV 8 here in GR. They have a lot of great shots of the sculpture and the voting card Jenny McDonald made for us!
Watch the interview...


THANK YOU ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, Mi and everyone who participated, we had a blast!!
Mark & Suzanne Vainner

Our Official-Official Artist Seal :)

Our Official-Official Artist Seal

It's Official!

Turnadaisy is thrilled to announce...





We have been chosen and honored by
The Gilmore Collection to exhibit our large outdoor Sculpture in the ArtPrize competition September 2009 in Grand Rapids Michigan.

Turnadaisy's creators, designers and builders, Mark & Suzanne Vainner will be showing:
"Turnadaisy's Flowering Garden Bench" at
The B.O.B. We have perma-grin :)
These folks do a Fabulous job in everything they do so we are very excited to be working with them during this historical Art event.



ArtPrize is a radically open competition. Open to any artist in the world who can find space. Open to anybody in the city who wants to create a venue. Open to a vote from anyone who attends. We admit... it's an experiment. A fun experiment. Come and see.

Huge Thanks to Mr. Rick DeVos and everyone who is working so hard to make this event one to remember.

Details are on our ArtPrize page



We hope to see you September!

ArtPrize is here!!!

Folks, Rick DeVos has thrown down the gauntlet for Artists and those who love Art!

Right here in little ol' Grand Rapids, Michigan of all places...I love this town :)

Artists from across the globe will be competeing with original works for the largest Art prize ever.

Read the details here and do a happy dance...this is going to be a Fun summer!

Thank you Rick DeVos and everyone who has worked to put this together.

You are all wonderful :)

Well that didn't take long...before I could finish this happy post, along came Mr. Kooyman *sigh*

here is what he said and my reply...

Richard Kooyman says:
April 24, 2009 at 7:49 am
A new major art event such as ArtPrize can only succeed on it’s level of professionalism. Isn’t letting the public award over $400,000 in prize money a little like letting the public award the Nobel Prizes? Rick Devos may think it’s fun to shake up things and “see what happens” but let’s not forget you are asking artists from around the world to shoulder the cost and effort to ship,install and insure their work in venues around Grand Rapids. Should not artists be entitled to a little more professionalism in the jurying process?

Suzanne Vainner says:
April 25, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Mr. Kooyman,
Mr. DeVos made it clear he is starting a conversation between All those interested. Truly, Sir if the Artist is too important/professional and is unable to participate due to the high cost of their time and effort or lack of confidence in public opinion, please feel welcome to stay home and watch. I am sure there are Artists who would be grateful for the opportunity and excited about the possibilities enough to fill in the blanks beautifully.ArtPrize is for everyone…not just the “important/professional”. The “educated/enlightened” are welcome to come up with their own idea and have a great time doing so.
Thank you Mr. DeVos…it’s going to be a fun summer
Regards

Soooo back to the happy dancing we were doing :)

WooHooo!

(I know, woohooo isn't dignified, but it's FUN)

Turnadaisy is featured in the latest Design Style Guide Blog Post!

We wanted to Thank Jay from jn3 Hand Crafted Woodworks http://jneale3.etsy.com/ for including us in his post about DSG members that inspire him and saying such nice things about Turnadaisy :) Click the title to this post to check it out!
...and while you are at it check out the great work Jay does as well!