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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Ernestine (aka Lily Tomlin)
How Ernestine was made
Ernestine's body is made in the MakerDoll Medium Size, from 100% organic, (“natural”) cotton fabric, grown and woven in the USA. Her arm joints are secured with cotton embroidery thread. Her clothes are handmade in a MakerDoll original design, from repurposed fabrics. Her white pique blouse features a stand-up collar, vintage pearlescent buttons, and is cinched with a faux leather belt made from a purse strap and vintage button. Her accessories include a vintage button bracelet, vintage Bill Blass crystal buttons for earrings, and vintage faux pearl buttons on her black felt shoes. Ernestine’s facial features, which reference a popular photo, are handpainted with professional grade acrylic paints. Her hair is made of twisted yarn, fashioned into her 1940s era up-do, hand-sewn onto her head with cotton embroidery thread.
About Ernestine
Ernestine is a character developed by Lily Tomlin, an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer who originally hails from Detroit, Michigan. Tomlin has been a major force in American comedy since the late 1960s when she began a career as a stand up comedian. While working in various hit TV comedy shows, she created Ernestine, a nosy, condescending telephone operator who generally treated customers with little sympathy. Ernestine often snorted when she let loose a barbed response or heard something salacious; she also wore her hair in a 1940s hairstyle, although the character was contemporary. Ernestine was almost always at her switchboard taking calls in the sketches. She occasionally called her boyfriend, Vito, a telephone repair man, or her pal Phoenicia, another operator. (Excerpts from Wikipedia.org)
Saturday, January 5, 2013
About Alice
“Alice” is a name that conjures up that innocent little blonde girl in the fairy tale, but this Alice is no Mr. Nice Guy! Alice Cooper, depicted here in his role as lead singer for his band of the same name, was born in Detroit, Michigan as Vincent Damon Furnier in 1948. He is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, boa constrictors, and baby dolls, he has drawn his creative inspiration from horror movies, vaudeville and garage rock to pioneer a grand, theatrical show that is oft described as “shock rock.”
Alice is known for his social and witty persona offstage. The Rolling Stone Album Guide has called him the world's most "beloved heavy metal entertainer.” He is credited with helping to shape the sound and look of heavy metal, and he is regarded as being the artist who "first introduced horror imagery to rock'n'roll, and whose stagecraft and showmanship have permanently transformed the genre.” Away from music, Cooper is a film actor, a golfing celebrity, a restaurateur and, since 2004, a popular radio DJ with his classic rock show Nights with Alice Cooper. In 2011 the original Alice Cooper band was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
(Excerpts from Wikipedia.org)
Alice's body is made in the MakerDoll Medium Size, from 100% organic, (“natural”) cotton fabric, grown and woven in the USA. His arm joints are secured with vintage black and white buttons and cotton embroidery thread. His clothes are handmade in a MakerDoll original design, from repurposed fabrics. His red leather, striped pants feature a spider and web motif with black striping that conjures up his 2012 London performance. His black shirt features a handpainted red spider and his belts, made from snakeskin and leather, feature metal grommets and a handpainted skull on a leather covered button. He has patent leather boots and his neck and hands are accessorized with a metal chain and black leather strips. Alice’s facial features, which reference a popular photo, are handpainted with professional grade acrylic paints. His hair is made of twisted yarn, hand-sewn onto his head with cotton embroidery thread.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Michael
About Michael
If you’re going to do a series of art dolls with Michigan roots, you’ve simply got to make one of Michigan’s greatest iconoclasts. Michael Francis Moore was born in 1954 in Davison (just east of Flint), Michigan. He is an American filmmaker, author, social critic, and activist. He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11, which is the highest-grossing documentary of all time and winner of the Palme d'Or. His films Bowling for Columbine (2002) and Sicko (2007) also placed in the top ten highest-grossing documentaries, and the former won the Academy Award for Documentary Feature. In September 2008, he released his first free movie on the Internet, Slacker Uprising, which documented his personal quest to encourage more Americans to vote in presidential elections. He has also written and starred in the TV shows TV Nation and The Awful Truth. Moore's written and cinematic works criticize globalization, large corporations, assault weapon ownership, U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, the Iraq War, the American health care system, and capitalism. (Excerpts from Wikipedia.org)
How Michael was made
Michael's body is made in the MakerDoll Medium Size, from 100% organic, (“natural”) cotton fabric, grown and woven in the USA. His arm joints are secured with cotton embroidery thread. His clothes — tshirt, baseball jacket and denims — are handmade in a MakerDoll original design, from repurposed fabrics rescued from my local thrift shop. Michael’s facial features, which reference a popular photo, are handpainted with professional grade acrylic paints. His hat is made of felt, made in the USA. His hair is made of twisted yarn, hand-sewn onto his head with cotton embroidery thread.
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