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Mademoiselle Plaster de Paris
Posted by Sidonie (Sydney, Australia) on 19 May 2007 in Art & Design and Portfolio.
She has a sister too, and you've already met her.
Sarah from Gainesville, United States
great details! Is she supposed to have freckles, or has she just been banged around too much??? :)
19 May 2007 11:18am
@Sarah: She stands outside a shop in a mall from 8am to 9pm each and every day for years on end, gathering dust, being dragged in and out of the shop (this one and her sister work for restaurant and kitchen equipment suppliers), so I guess from time to time someone drops her, the flies settle on her face, they forget to dust her... even so, freckles is a possibility. My fascination is with the people who make them, and why they are made to these specifications. A few of the trendy department stores feature Asian models, and brunettes, but I've rarely seen a black one, and never an old fat one!
Ken McCoy from Orlando-Daytona Beach, FL, United States
Well, that's one way to get a model that will hold still :)
19 May 2007 2:38pm
Dawn Sutherland from Phoenix, United States
Ken's comment made me laugh but its very true! Nice profile!
19 May 2007 4:54pm
HorseRotorVator from Newton, United States
This one came out fantastic!!! Great shot! :)
19 May 2007 10:52pm
amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada
Good job on the lighting and dof! As to the freckles? fly doo doo!!! LOL What I appreciate is all the different everyday things you take shots of... you make the ordinary extraodinary! ;-)
21 May 2007 1:13am
@amy: 'Cos I'm moving in ever-decreasing circles! I meant to take a fresh batch around Sydney but haven't found the time yet ... Thanks Amy for the lovely comments.
Henri Rabagny from Paris, France
On trouve encore beaucoup de ces modèles des années 50-60 dans des vieilles boutiques ou dans les boutiques asiatiques autour de chez moi, mais elles reviennent à la mode pour éviter de ressembler à quelqu'un de précis.
21 May 2007 9:54pm
@Henri Rabagny: Ca c'est interessant! As-tu jamais vu une modele d'une vieille femme ou d'un homme vieux? Ici - jamais!
Henri Rabagny from Paris, France
Non, je n'en ai jamais vus. Les mannequins ne sont jamais là pour représenter la réalité mais pour faire croire qu'on va lui ressembler si on s'habille comme lui !
23 May 2007 9:53am
@Henri Rabagny: Compris, je plaisante comme toujours! Les matieriaux pour faire ces modeles sont appeles en Anglais "plaster of Paris" - ce qui peut expliquer mon jeu de mots pour le titre. Est-ce le meme nom et materiel en Francais/France?
Henri Rabagny from Paris, France
Eh bien, vois-tu, j'ignorais que ce matériaux a un nom. Je vais rechercher ça tout de suite sur Internet...
23 May 2007 10:03pm
@Henri Rabagny: Wikipedia dit:
Plaster of Paris, or simply plaster, is a type of building material based on calcium sulfate hemihydrate (gypsum), nominally CaSO4 · 0.5H2O. It is created by heating gypsum to about 150 °C.
2CaSO4 · 4H2O → 2CaSO4 · H2O + 3H2O (released as steam).
A large gypsum deposit at Montmartre in Paris is the source of the name.[1]
Alors tu es dans l'endroit d'origine!
@ROLANDs: Elle n'est pas humaine, tu sais!
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