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   lin_hendrix | Jan 20, 2000 11:02pm | #1

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   Hi Sheri,

   Remember a lonnng time ago Threads had a back cover
   entitled (rather goofishly) She Knows Her Nylons. The feature was about a woman who made a display for one of the upscale Manhattan department store windows. She had created three or four Las Vegas showgirls in elaborate costumes. The "body" of each girl was created from stuffing and several layers of flesh toned pantyhose. I believe the facial features were stitched for definition and then painted.

   Perhaps a similar design, more life sized (I think these figures were about 4') and not quite as elaborate facially...? You could build an armature from coat hangers that would allow a modicum of flexibility. There may also be a more flexible wire that could be used.

   Another idea would be to get a few volunteers and do plaster casts of their faces and hands (they even sell kits for doing this in art supply catalogs) and attach to a good looking, human form, artsy kind of frame (anodized aluminum, pipes and fittings, rubber hoses, plywood cutouts or ???). If you did the faces and hands really well with expressions of suprise, etc. you could get away with just a few body parts (if you're thinking really out there you could also add an odd elbow, foot, or even a cast of someone's cleavage).

   --lin