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A Knitted Strongman Doll
This handsome Strongman was handmade by Vanessa Hubbard.
Inspired by Zishe Breitbart, a vaudeville strongman who could snap horseshoes in half with his bare hands & who could pull a wagonload of people with his teeth!
Unlike the real thing, this little fella is made from 100% wool & therefore he needs to be handled with care & hand washed in cold water.
He is 50cm x 20cm.
Fee Fee La Fou Enterprises
Fiona Duffelen is a multi disciplinary artist who loves to paint, print, collage, sculpt & sew. She exhibited her work internationally before setting up her studio in Hackney Wick.
Her alter ego Miss Fee Fee La Fou is the founder & Ringmaster of this three-ring spectacle.
She was the first Sprechstallmeister to wear pink top hat & tails.
The daughter of Leonard Zelig, a mimic, she has been dubbed the Human Chameleon for she has an extraordinary hidden talent – the ability to blend almost seamlessly into intricate backgrounds with careful application of body paint & a bit of acrobatics.
She studies her chosen location for hours before painting herself or other subjects to blend in, taking both texture & perspective into account in order to ensure the complete success of this unusual disappearing act!
Her dressing room Dreamland is a neon nirvana; a cornucopia of kitsch for it contains thousands of pieces of original neon art including a miniature replica of Vegas & Arthur Windley’s miniature fun fair, which he built for his own amusement, in his garden shed over a 40-year period.