About Iggy
Iggy Pop (aka James Newell Osterberg, Jr.) was born in 1947 in Muskegon, Michigan. He is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Though widely known as an innovator of punk rock, Pop's music has encompassed a number of styles over the years, including pop, hard rock, jazz and blues. He became known as 'Iggy' in high school, while he was the drummer for local blues band The Iguanas. He is the vocalist of the influential protopunk band The Stooges (Pop and the other surviving members of the group reunited in 2003). Since the late 1960s, he has been known for his outrageous and unpredictable stage antics. His stage persona took root when he saw The Doors perform in 1967 at the University of Michigan. Pop was amazed by the stage antics and antagonism displayed by singer Jim Morrison. Morrison's extreme behavior inspired the young Iggy to push the boundaries of stage performance. Pop was the first performer to do a stage-dive, which he started at a concert in Detroit. In March 2010 the Stooges and Iggy Pop were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
How Iggy was made
Iggy'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 metal vintage buttons embossed with a horseshoe, rider’s crop and rope and cotton embroidery thread. (I chose these buttons in reference to Iggy’s “The Horse Song.”) His clothes are handmade in a MakerDoll original design, from repurposed, stretch voile with silver threads. (Iggy is known for wearing only pants and Beatle Boots on stage.) He wears MakerDoll designed Beatle Boots fashioned from black felt. Iggy’s facial features, which reference a popular photo of his famous tongue wagging, are handpainted with professional grade acrylic paints. His tongue is made of repurposed velvet upholstery fabric. His hair is made of twisted wool and acrylic yarn, hand-sewn onto his head with cotton embroidery thread.
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