Balloon Biography
Ed Chee has been twisting for over 12 years. He is an award-winning balloon artist, the author of the “Hat Attack!!!” DVD, producer of many DVD's for various balloon artists, founder and host of Diamond Jam, and a featured instructor at several major conventions. Known for his extremely detailed style of twisting, he has appeared several times on television and has been the subject of several articles in magazines and newspapers.

Ed "burst" onto the balloon world public stage in 2003, but has been twisting since 1994. Ed enjoyed entertaining table-side at restaurants, so he kept working at it all the while holding down a full-time job. In 2001, he attended his first convention - WRCA in Laughlin, Nevada - on a one-day pass. It was a four-day event, but the single day he spent at the event was enough to whet his appetite for greater association with other twisters, and he began making plans to attend T&S’2002. Life has a funny way of messing up the best-laid plans. Before he could register for

T&S 2002, Ed was laid off from his job. Needing to conserve his savings to survive, the plans to attend T&S'2002 were cancelled. After landing another job in his career field that year, Ed decided to catch the next major event - TJam 2003. It was at this event that Ed suddenly burst onto the public stage. Other twisters noticed his unique style in the jam area, and soon many were asking him to teach a private class. He entered the competitions at the last minute, creating sculptures he had never made before. "I've always created sculptures down to the last detail in my head, so I had this image of what I wanted to create - I just had to create it".

He taugh a private class at TJam 2003, and has subsequently been a featured instructor at many major conventions in the balloon and clowning industry. The DVD Producer… Following the TJam 2003 experience, Ed realized that there was a demand for his style of twisting and started contemplating the release of a DVD. His first release, "Hat Attack!!!" was a huge hit with its high quality video production. Several well-known balloon artists approached Ed to produce their DVD's, and as the reputation for his quality DVD's grew, so did the list of artists seeking representation by his company, DiamondStorm. “My background in photography, videography, graphics art, and computers provided the basic skills necessary to produce high-quality DVD products.”