Amazing "balloon animals" not seen at your ordinary kids party

Tokyo-based Masayoshi Matsumoto takes "balloon animals" out of backyard parties and into the colorful arena that falls between highbrow craft and art. The 27-year-old balloon-artist, who studied at Tokyo Institute of Technology, uses the same techniques that party clowns use bending, twisting and tucking balloons into animals and other fun shapes but he uses dozens at a time and ends up with stunning rubber sculptures that would easily fit in any pop-art gallery (or pop-up gallery because of their perishable nature). Check out his extensive photo gallery on his Facebook page.