Mannequin Heads

I dig the vintage look, but they're expensive.

What do you do if you can't get friends to take time out of their busy schedules to pose for photos while wearing your work? You could pose for the photos yourself... or you could get a good mannequin head.

I would pose for some of my photos, but the men's and kid's beanies just don't look right on my little noggin. So, I went looking for a good mannequin head.

So many of them look creepy and plastic, while others are a little too close to real. I like the ones that are painted like vintage girls, but I have three problems there.

1. They are expensive. 
2. There aren't any male versions. 
3. They don't have ears

   

   Newspaper decoupage

So I broke down and bought a couple of Styrofoam heads. One male, one female. Both have ears and were fairly inexpensive.

Besides, I like the idea of maybe doing some decoupage art on the mannequins to give them a vintage or outdoorsy feel. Black and white print might work best--it would match any hat ;-)