Bert Simons  |  paper sculptures | cardboard cutie (2006)
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I was really amazed when I saw these life size realistic sex-dolls made by companies like RealDoll or the japanese Aidoll as in the pictures above. 'I want one' I thougt..but when I saw they cost about 7000 U.S dollars..I decided to improvize and make a low budget version...


I picked up a lot cardboard boxes at the grocery shop and started cutting, these are the parts of the left shoulder before assembling..
all the parts are glued together with hotglue
some boxes have prints so they end up as tattoos
I gave her a ponytail, not only because I like ponytails but also to put the center of gravity a little bit back because otherwise she falls forward
In the end I didn't like her. she looks too cartoonesk so the next thing i'll have to do is to scan in a real person
Finally i painted here, she's a real cartoon figure now.