Artist Beverley McGrath has created a range of eye-catching life-size models of celebrities including Harry Styles and Barbie - using balloons.<br /><br />Beverley, 43, has even had some 'weird requests', including one from a customer who asked her to make a tattooed, topless lady on a motorbike.<br /><br />But Beverley says she will 'always have a go' at making everything and anything. <br /><br />The married mum-of-one said: "I will always have a go at everything. <br /><br />"I've had some very weird requests, I have one customer that sends me quite a few challenging things. <br /><br />"I had to do a topless lady, who was covered with tattoos and was on a motorbike. <br /><br />"He always tries to throw me a curve ball but I'll always have a go.<br /><br />"I normally make people but then I've made Daleks and other recognisable things.<br /><br />"We also do normal balloon decorating but I posted a picture of some figures on Facebook and they've just gone nuts."<br /><br />Beverley works at party business The WOW Shop in Northwich, Cheshire, but started making the life-size balloons for her 30th birthday party. <br /><br />It's 'snowballed' since then and she now charges customers at least £65 per balloon, which can take her around four hours to make. <br /><br />Beverley said: "I didn't want the run of the mill balloons so I decided to make it pirate themed. <br /><br />"I did little pirates, monkeys, palm trees, octopuses and then it just snowballed from there. <br /><br />"Then when things happened with the Queen like the jubilee, I thought I would have a go at making them.<br /><br />"It's gone from there really."<br /><br />Beverley says that even though she can make literally anything, one of her most popular products is balloons of princesses for birthday parties. <br /><br />She added that the orders for the figure balloons can be 'hit or miss' as it 'kinda just depends on' what's happening in the news.<br /><br />Beverley, of Northwich, Cheshire, said: "We do make a lot of life-size princess balloons and ones of footballers. <br /><br />"We have one woman who is music mad and loves David Bowie, so I once made David Bowie for her.<br /><br />"It kinda just depends on what is happening locally or what's happening in the news around the world. <br /><br />"We did some of the Queen when it was her jubilee and then we did some of the king for his coronation."<br /><br />Beverley also makes a range of celebrity figures including ones of Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, Freddie Mercury and Andy Murray.<br /><br />She even made a life-size figure of Radio 2 presenter Owain Wyn Evans, who went viral in 2020 after he posted a video of him drumming the BBC News theme song.<br /><br />Beverley said: "I did one of Owain because he did an event in Northwich.<br /><br />"We just thought 'why don't we make one and send it over to the production company?'<br /><br />"We never heard anything at the time but one day, there was a knock at the door and he was there.<br /><br />"I've done loads of balloons of famous people though."
