Let's hope he doesn't blow it! 'Bubbleologist' creates world's largest free-floating bubble

By Beth Hale for the Daily Mail
Updated: 20:22 EDT, 5 August 2009

You couldn't blow one this big with a wand and some soapy water, no matter how long you huffed and puffed.

The shimmering giant, thought to be the world's largest free-floating soap bubble, was created with a piece of rope between two sticks and a top secret bubble solution.

It is the work of 'bubbleologist' Samsam Bubbleman, 37.

Forever blowing bubbles: Samsam Bubbleman with what is thought to be the world's largest free-floating soap bubble

Samsam (real name Sam Heath) was aiming to pop the Guinness World Record set in 2005 in Minnesota, U.S., for a bubble of 105.4 cubic feet. He is not sure of the precise volume of his attempt in Finsbury Park, North London, but it stretched to 20ft by 5ft by 5ft at its biggest.

He is now waiting for official confirmation. 'I'm confident it has obliterated the former record,' he said.

Samsam, pictured with his creation, refused to reveal the recipe for his bubble mixture, saying it is the secret to his success.

'With the right stuff you can make big bubbles with anything - a coat-hanger or even just your hands,' he said. 

He developed the top-secret mixture over 20 years of trial and error.

The professional bubble-maker has been described as ‘the Willy Wonka of Bubbles’ by DJ Chris Evans.

Floating on air: The bubble expert made the wobbly giant using a top-secret mixture he has developed over 20 years

Resembling something out of 90's hit movie The Abyss, Samsam's incredible creation floated above Finsbury Park, London.

The 37-year-old, who has made bubbles for celebrities across the world, is now waiting for the amazing achievement to be officiated.  

'I'm confident it has obliterated the former record,' he said. 'This one dwarfs the American effort.'

To make this enormous orb he used just a piece of rope attached between two sticks.

'It's all about having the right bubble solution,' said Samsam. 'If you have the right mixture then your tools don't matter. 

'Being a bubbleologist is almost as much about being a wind catcher as it is a bubble maker. You become quite sensitive to changes in direction and you have to move at the right time to keep the bubble together.'

Ready to pop: Samsam is described as 'the Willy Wonka of Bubbles' by DJ Chris Evans

Once confirmed the new record will add to Samson’s tally of two standing world firsts.

In November 2007 he managed to place 50 people inside one of his bubbles. A year later he earned the award for putting the most bubbles inside a bubble - 66.

Samsam first started his love affair with bubbles in 1989 and now earns a living doing what he loves best.

'It all started with just a single bubble,' he said. 'I was sitting in a field and a bubble just floated past.

'I took the word away from the object and just looked at it for what it was. I captured my imagination and I just thought what an amazing thing that was.

'It's like one of those anomalies of nature that just shouldn't exist. Like a bumblebee being too big for its wings.'

Blowing up: The 37-year-old, who has made bubbles for celebrities across the world, is now waiting for the amazing achievement to be officiated

He eventually formed company Bubbleinc and now sells mixtures, equipment and performs shows for big name audiences.

Over the years he and his team of 10 bubbleologists have performed bubble shows for the Dubai Royal family.  

Stars like Paul McCartney and Peter Gabriel have also brought him in for private shows.

And it's not just shows that people are getting in touch for. Tory leader David Cameron, DJ Norman Cook and REM singer Michael Stipe have all used his website to buy bubble-making equipment and mixtures.