Video: Celebrities from plasticine. Sculptures by Karen Caldicott
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Urgent room! The news said that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and the famous "apple" Steve Jobs were captured … In plasticine captivity. They also say that in addition to Jobs and Gaddafi, other celebrities are also held captive. However, they are not going to complain - they live well in that "star" company, which was provided to them by the "invader", the artist Karen Caldicottwho turned her childhood hobby, modeling from plasticine, into a professional hobby, and now creating mini sculptures in the form of famous politicians, actors, musicians, businessmen … Karen Caldicott used to live in Brooklyn, worked as an illustrator of books and magazines, and dreamed of breaking out of the city, away from the city noise and smog, closer to peace and solitude. When she finally did it, a new round happened both in life and in her hobby. So, the girl changed New York to a cozy and quiet suburb, and her work has also changed: for some time now she is much more willing to do sculpture than painting or graphics.
Simple and malleable, colorful and sticky, the most common plasticine now inspires the artist. Karen Caldicott sculpts eight-inch celebrity figures from this viscous material. Her collection already includes sculptures of Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, Hillary Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, cartoon characters, famous designers, and recently joined the "star" collection of Steve Jobs and Muammar Gaddafi. Moreover, Karen follows the characters so carefully that she reproduces even such small details, such as an iPod in Jobs' hands or abrasions and bruises on the face of the Libyan leader - he certainly would not have surrendered without a fight.
Plasticine is convenient because it does not solidify like polymer clay or gypsum, and allows you to make adjustments to ready-made sculptures, which is sometimes just necessary for perfect resemblance. Customers often ask for certain changes, such as turning the head or facial expression, - advertising agencies, newspapers, magazines, or private collectors, for whom Karen Caldicott prepares "hostages" from plasticine. By the way, very often her plasticine sculptures are filmed in short animation videos, so the ability to make changes to the original work is simply necessary. The cost of a famous plasticine face starts at $ 1,000, you can see all of them on the artist's personal website.
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