On an ordinary day in 1994 film maker/comic artist Marcel deJure recieved a call from hat maker/guitarist Marc Vachon. Marc had been robbed at gun point and needed a sketch of the robber to provide the police for their wanted flyer. While in the hat shop Marcel noticed all the scraps of fabric that were being thrown out and suggested that dolls could be made from it. Marc said "Go ahead." With a show already booked for 50 Bucks gallery in downtown L.A. about a month away Marcel went to work. Using the disgards from the hat shop and cuttings from stray couches a variety of strange,awkward dolls were fabricated. At the opening some sales were made and this was a creative turning point. One of the dolls left behind at the show ended up on the cover of a Youth Brigade album. Marcel's dolls have been held by models at a fashion shows at the Sunset Junction fair in Silver Lake. cinnamonrollgang.com |