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A Knitted Strongman Doll
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A Knitted Strongman Doll

Fee Fee La Fou Enterprises

The only strongman on the planet whose handmade from 100% lambswool!
Product code: PLUS_FFSM

Availability: In stock

£35.00
£35.00

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.