Sunday 13 May 2012

Revamping a polystyrene Mannequin

Sadly the lovely American Graffiti shop in Manchester has closed it large shop.  I bought a number of their old display polystyrene heads.
heads in a bin liner


using PVA and water I covered the head with brown paper
The heads were really shabby and needed perking up so my first experiment was a success (well I am happy with the results)
isn't she pretty
So now I have a head to use for displays.  I am toying spraying the face with a matt white spray paint or adding a few details to the face (starved for time so probably not).
When I picked up the heads they had been customised with the use of a felt tip pen, some of this detail bled through the paper and actually it looks pretty good.

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