The President and First Lady Dolls

Obama as Superhero

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On a stormy night on a small island in Maine in early December, I was
sitting by the wood stove, listening to music and putting the finishing
touches on a new doll I had just sewn. Giving the face a final coat of
paint, I realized I recognized the doll. It looked a lot like President
Obama. And it was completely by accident. He’s been on my mind a lot
lately, so it made sense. His election was really inspiring.

The next day, I intentionally created an Obama doll out of scraps of
cloth and canvas I had laying around my studio. Less than a week later,
a 20-inch tall “President Obama, Leader of the Free World” doll was
finished, complete with red power tie, handmade leather oxfords and
wearing a sleek tailored, black suit.

A week later, the doll was sold to a woman in Illinois. I had so much
fun creating the first doll, I decided to make more.

Next, I created “Team Captain, ” wearing a red, white and blue
basketball uniform decorated with the Obama campaign logo and white
stars.

The third Obama doll “Superhero,” wears a skintight blue suit, red
crime fighting boots and a flowing crimson cape.

I just finished a Michelle Obama doll wearing a special gown of my own
design for the Inauguration. And her date, Barack, wears a tuxedo.

I’m currently creating an Obama doll wearing a Hawaiian shirt, shorts,
flip-flops and a flower lei, in honor of the President’s Hawaiian
roots.

I’m also a singer-songwriter and in February I’m releasing “A Pink
Whale and a Very Tall Tree,” an album of children’s music, then I’m
going on tour this summer, so I only plan to make these one-of-a-kind
Obama dolls for the next few months.

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Ted Stanke

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Pencil Portrait by John DeLitta

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"From The Bottom Up" by Paul Kelly III

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Design by Phil Fung

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“Brand New Funky President” custom art by Suckadelic

Artist Suckadelic Shows His Obama Support Star Wars-Style
words: Bonnie Burton

With the presidential campaign heating up, there’s bound to be a few Star Wars fans out there wanting to show their support for their favorite candidate in their own creative way. Artist Suckadelic gives his take on presidential hopeful Obama with this one-of-a-kind art piece for the Jailbreak Toys “Art + Action = Obama ‘08? art show. Star Wars Blog chats with him to get the low-down on this cool piece of Star Wars political art.

Most people don’t make art unless they’re feeling inspired, and over the past year or so, Barack Obama has inspired lots of people — some of them so much that they felt compelled to make Barack Obama-themed art, some of which is very, very, — even bloggably — strange. Culled from the wonderful compendium that is ArtofObama.com, these images might inspire you too, or curse you with weird dreams for weeks, depending on your temperament.

To begin, consider the dove. A symbol of peace, and commonly associated with public figures living, dead and fictional who inspire positive feelings in their followers. Usually, however, the doves are flying around in the background and the inspirational public figure occupies some uncluttered foreground space. Artist Derek Chatwood, however, chose to depict Barack Obama as so inspiring and hope-y that he is literally stuffed with doves, who are flying out of his various orifices. Read More

Nanobama

Microscopic faces of Barack Obama made using nanotechnology, and imaged using a scanning electron microscope. Each face consists of millions of vertically-aligned carbon nanotubes, grown by a high temperature chemical reaction.

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www.nanobama.com/how/how.htm