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The very brave, talented and yes quite possibly stupid, Justino Zoppe!

His remarkable juggling skills have shot him to the top of stardom and now he has sealed his destiny as one of the most memorable acts in history by juggling fireworks!!

We must stress again, do not attempt to do this yourself, this is extremely dangerous and should only be performed by trained professionals wearing proper protective clothing and under the supervision of safety experts.

Justino is hailed as the original and only fireworks juggler, who even has a US patent to stop others attempting the same stunt. Who would want to attempt the same stunt eludes me but he is secure in the states that no one else can.

A nice collection of some very old fireworks from way back in the day. These have been beautifully preserved, note the quality of the colours, simple artwork but still with good impact. Also notice the great names. Firework names have always been important. They give a feeling of what can be expected from a firework, a clue to its effects, Scarlet Fury, or Carnival Spray have very obvious sounding effects. Star Hell is a little less obvious but blatantly appealing to the lads. Sometimes a good name can sell a firework as much as attractive artwork.

Back when bangers were bangers. If you are too young to remember bangers, they were brilliant. One of the highlights for many of us during the bonfire night season was buying a box of bangers and risking life and limb (or at least extremities) while enjoying the excitement of safely placing them upright in soft ground and lighting the rounded dome at arms length and retiring to a safe distance. These are so old that there is no rounded dome to light, just the strange looking protrusion from the top.

Some king size sparklers in the good old fashioned packaging. Note the text on the wrapper: Hold the tip in a flame until it sparkles – good advice. For outdoor use – good advice again. Not ot be held near clothing – excellent, you can tell they really though it through. Take care of children – good advice generally, even better when talking about fireworks.

Very simple colours and designs adorn the plain paper packet. A long way from the foil used today with all its shiny and multi-coloured attractiveness. Yet, there is something comforting about the simple and understated design. It harkens back to better days when perhaps the contents was more important than presentation. To often we are bombarded by bright colourful packaging that is full of promises, only to be disappointed when we tear the seal and see what is inside. For fireworks artwork at least, sometimes less is more.

If you enjoyed this trip down memory lane, explore some other brilliant and nostalgic images from the past with some old photographs from bonfire nights gone by.

This excellent photograph was taken at Thunder over Louisville as part of the airshow that precedes the largest fireworks display in the USA.

Awesome sight and the crowd must have loved it. A little bit panicking for anyone who saw it and was not aware of the airshow. Of course, anyone in Louisville that was not aware of the airshow would have had to have been living under a rock for about the last 20 years. So that is very unlikely.

Funky light grafitti art. Not exactly fireworks but very cool all the same. The image above shows some trees and grass and clouds and birds. All made using nothing but light and clever photography.

Here we see some stormy clouds over a city. Isnt it amazing what some long exposure photography and some lights can create.

Try it yourself its very easy to make and only needs imagination and experimentation. For the best results you should use a tripod when taking your pictures. The exposure on your camera should be set at somewhere between 10 and 30 seconds, but can be as long as you need to get the effect you want. Set the camera to iso100 and close the aperture as much as you can.

If you want to be in the picture just stand still for a short time and you will appear, if you want to remain annonymous simply keep moving and you will be little more than a ghost like blur amongst your trails of light.

Sparkler art is a great example of light grafitti and one of our favourites. Give it a go and send your pics to us here at Epic Fireworks. We will put the best images right here on the Epic Fireworks Blog.

Awesome fireworks, awesome effect.

Fireworks technology is advancing and these brilliant cube shells are a result of that. This is stunning, a large cubic shape in the sky that really shows off the designers talents.

Whats next for fireworks design? watch this space to find out.