Yeah, yeah, we’ve all seen some party entertainer fashion a 4-balloon dachshund or poodle, but have you seen someone create a balloon iguana, or crab, or seahorse or grasshopper? Not like these, I bet!

Japanese artist Masayoshi Matsumoto has raised this craft to an exquisitely fine art.  The most impressive thing  is that – like origami in its purest form – no tape is used in these jaw-droppingly intricate creations.

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