Using a substance utilized for dental molds, she immortalized rockers' "junk," with Jimi Hendrix, Eric Burdon and other musicians posing for posterity..
The avid music fan, who became infamous in the ’60s and ’70s for her plaster casts of rock stars’ erect penises, has died after a long illness. She was 74.
Cynthia Plaster Caster (born Cynthia Albritton) is the famous “super groupie” who, in the late 60’s started using a substance concocted for dental molds to memorialize the Johnsons of celebrity musicians in plaster. On her website, Ms. Plaster Caster describes herself as having been a shy person when she was young. Looking for a way to stand out from the throngs of other groupies swarming around rock star hotel rooms, she created an official sounding “organization” called the Plaster Casters of Chicago and gained access to many a celebrity’s private parts, probably most famously, Jimi Hendrix. Legend has it that there were a few complications with the Hendrix “procedure.” Here’s Cynthia’s tale about the almost botched attempt to cast Hendrix’s apparently prodigious member: Because this was one of my first shots at plaster casting, the end result came out kind of gnarly. I prematurely cracked the mold open, only to find a still-moist, broken cast inside. So yes, Jimi did in fact, break the mold! But thanks to Elmer’s Glue, I managed to reconnect the head to the shaft to the testicles. Very statuesque and antique-looking; like Grecian art. The Canadian underground paper...
ARTIST Cynthia Albritton, a self-proclaimed “recovering groupie” who immortalized rock stars by sculpting their erect penises into plaster casts, has passed away at 74. From Jimi Hendrix…
Cynthia Plaster Caster ha fatto calchi dei peni in erezione di musicisti leggendari come Jimi Hendrix, Noel Reddling e Jello Biafra. Ci ha raccontato com'era vivere in quegli anni e alcune delle storie dietro le sue opere d'arte.
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