Share Here is an example from HGTV & California Closets on transforming an attic space in your home to look like a chic boutique. Personally, while we like the space, we don’t think that style of floral wallpaper looks very chic. In fact the only thing that we think look
Share This clear mannequin was turned into an aquarium. However we aren’t sure whether this is a photo-shopped aquarium inside a clear mannequin or if it is the real thing. Either way, it sure is cool. Or else it is some type of cruel joke about women smelling like fish.
Share Fashion forward retailers who require that their mannequins be as unique as the clothing they sell often turn to the LaRosa brand of mannequins. LaRosa, an Italian manufacturer, sets the trends in mannequin innovations that eventually trickle down to mainstream stores. They started the trend of translucent mannequins which were first
Share Here is an example of a do-it-yourself project that will make you feel as if Mama Monster is right there beside you. A few months ago a customer came to our warehouse to buy a distressed torso from our mannequin boneyard. He was going to create a Lady Gaga
Share Trent Nahas is an artist based in the SF Bay area who creates amazing sculptures using distressed mannequins. He came to our warehouse in Oakland to purchase some mannequin parts from our boneyard and he brought in samples of his work to give me an idea of what type of
Share Some of the most amazing mannequin art is done by New Zealand Artist Sue Lund. If you want to see how she creates pieces like in the photographs above, there is a YouTube video that shows it from start to finish. You would think that she paints in a
Share WOW. That is hopefully the same reaction you will have as you view these images of garden art sculptures created from distressed mannequins. (The photos are in a slideshow format so there are multiple images in the same frame) Even if you don’t love mannequins (like I do)
Share Here is an example of modern art that is eye-catching, unique AND eco-friendly. (It is eco-friendly because they are salvaged mannequins, not sure if the paint itself is environmentally friendly, we hope so) These images are taken from the website of Sue Lund at painter who is based in Brooklyn.
Share This mannequin is completed covered in broken pieces of colored glass. This is just one of many ways that old mannequins are given a new life by artists. We keep a bargain bin of old mannequins and mannequin parts for local (SF Bay Area) artists to peruse through.
Share Savvy florists are using mannequin dress forms in their store displays. At the 2011 World Association of Flower Arrangers (WAFA)which was held in Boston, here are three of the award winning designs from the show that created on a mannequin dress form. A dress created from lime green flowers
