I have already made about 75. I enjoy making dolls of people who are famous worldwide. Here you see Andy Warhol, Elvis Presley, Saddam Hussein, Mikhail Gorbachev, Humphrey Bogart and Mick Jagger. Sammy Davis Jr. My models are mostly men, because a woman's appearance will change according to the way she makes herself up. Madonna, for example, had thick eyebrows when I started making her doll, but she has very thin ones now, and her hair-style changes quite often.
Women are difficult to depict.
In the beginning, I thought all westerners looked the same. So I can understand why westerners think all Asian people are Chinese. After having some students live with me, I could tell the difference between faces of Jewish and Italian descent. The opportunity of observing these students has been very beneficial to me in my doll-making. I started this work because I wanted to make toys for my children.