Ginger Barbie
I love a good pun.
I was intrigued when I walked by the break room at The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center in Covington, Kentucky, and saw a TON of little Barbie Heads. I inquired about the heads, and I was told that I was welcome to make Barbie over in any way that I wanted.
Challenge accepted.
So, after thinking it over for a while, driving her around, and then a whole lot of procrastinating, I decided to make Barbie into a ginger. Get it?
Her plastic hair is under the wool, and the wool is felted into her hair. Then it was painted with watered-down acrylic, and alpaca fibers were added to give details.
This process has been so much fun, and I can’t wait to see what the other artists do to their Barbies. On January 15th at The Carnegie, artist and stylists will show their creations. All Barbie heads will be up for sale, with sales benefitting The Carnegie.
For information, go The Carnegie’s website.
