UPcumming and OUTstanding Events

Yours truly just recently had the honor of being presented with a trophy - but not the usual kind on my mantelpiece. On October 29, 2009, conceptual artist Rob Pruitt hosted the First Annual Art Awards at the Guggenheim Museum. Modelled after the Oscars, awards were given out to different people in the art world. I am the happy recipient of the Rob Pruitt Award! To read more about this extraordinary event, click here.

By popular demand, new Plaster Caster T-shirts ARE NOW AVAILABLE! Just like the ones Dianne and I wore as we lugged our suitcase from hotel to hotel, on the lookout for castee material. As seen in the Groupie issue of ROLLING STONE, April 1969. As worn by Noel Redding when the Jimi Hendrix Experience appeared on the Lulu Show/BBC-TV. For more info, click here.

Fragment Films has done a Cockumentary about me, ironically titled "Plaster Caster." It is KICKASS! The camera was rolling during two of the craziest years of my life, and ya gotta see it! It's now available on DVD and VHS at: Amazon.com, Tower Records, Virgin Megastore, Best Buy and your friendly neighborhood, open-minded video store. Find out more at plastercaster.com.

In the summer of 2000, I exhibited my Sweet Babies for the first time ever at Threadwaxing Space in New York. Two years later, ArtRock Gallery in San Francisco hosted another show which included rock star drawings I'd done in the 60's. Each event was such a hoot, I'm still catching my breath! These babies are ready for more close-ups, Mr. DeMille! I can just see them breaking hearts in London, Japan, Germany, L.A. and of course, Chicago where it all started. Any interested galleries: please contact me at plasterpoo@gmail.com.

The aforementioned sketches are my earliest manifestation of moptop madness. Pre-Caster, I would drool and draw "Love Portraits" of various British Invasion hotties. They made me love them - and the only cure was art therapy. Interested in owning an original? E-me at plasterpoo@gmail.com.

Yes, we have some bananas! Lately, I've been dipping mellow yellows into plaster. It's homage to Andy Warhol, who totally influenced me in the multiples-of-icons department, and produced "The Velvet Underground with Nico" album with the banana on the cover. My plaster plantains are one-of-a-kind casts, signed, labeled and for sale. If you're interested - you know where to find me.

"Talking Dick and Tit" is what I call spoken word. I've been known to perform at open-minded universities and rock clubs. The show entails: a brief history; readings from ancient diaries and the detailed notes I take while casting; a show-and-tell of a coupla very sweet babies plus a question/answer period. Interested promoters contact me!

I am a proud mama of some very Sweet Babies.  There is also one Big Baby I’m currently nursing – the autobiography I’ve been forever burning to write. I hope to finish it REAL SOON!

Even though I have no intention of retiring, I think it's time to share my trade secrets with some of you young folks! Plenty of room on the planet for more P. Casters! Dipping dicks and tits is a lot of fun, but it's not that easy. It took years of mishaps with failed dental mold and hard-ons in vain, before I got it down to a science. Rather than designing just another do-it-yourself kit, I thought it would be fun to teach people one on one (or, rather one on two) how to cast their significant other's - significant body parts. Learn the Plaster from the Master!

For $2500, I will walk two lovers, gay or straight, start to finish, through the entire process (approximately two days). This would consist of: mixing dental mold, making the plaster cast, cracking it out of the mold and filing off excess plaster. All materials are included. Your city or mine (Chicago). If I have to travel to your town, my round-trip airfare and hotel accommodations would be in addition to the fee. I'll take notes as per my tradition, and issue a diploma - presuming the course will be passed with flying colors (hey, if I can do it, ANYBODY can do it!). Cameras are allowed (but not for commercial purposes).

Just so you know - I won't be doing any casting or stimulating. I'll only be the coach on the sidelines. This is not for MY collection. It's for YOURS! And YOU get to keep the trophies! To sign up for a session, contact me at plasterpoo@gmail.com.