To create a recent portrait of Amy Winehouse, artist Liz Lomax employed drawing, sculpting, painting, powdering, set design, lighting and photography.  And Brillo pads.

Amy Winehouse by Liz Lomax

How can you resist Valeria Petrone’s adorable blue speckled version??  And if you’re in Vicenza Italy this month, the Museo Civico di Bassano del Grappa has all 50 on display.
Valeria Petrone paints Senor Blanco vinyl toy by Atom Industries

Marie Antoinette never said her infamous line ‘Let them eat cake.’ Think Anne Boleyn had six fingers? One of her biographers said she had ‘an extra nail.’ A nail isn’t a finger. There’s more, much more.

illustration by Carlyn Beccia