One Night with a Real Doll
Dig these custom shift knobs a buddy’s making.
Using bronze casting skills on aluminum items for his interior shop helped build his sculpting skills until it was obviously time to make a custom cast shifter knob for his car. Over a dozen original design skull shifter knobs later, his car never got one! Since becoming a professional caster my buddy has earned praise from several hot rodders he respects and is proud to say that the artwork can be found in 31 states and 6 foreign countries.
The skulls have a certain level of artistic quality to them. Aside from their historical accuracy, they are set apart from some of the “cartoony” skulls out there, by avoiding excessive exaggeration and including some subtle emotion or energy into each one. However, wanting to grow as an artist, an idea from an early brainstorming session came to life… a pinup girl knob! The goal: Make a piece that not only would look attractive in a car, but would also stand on its own above the “lo-brow” genre as a piece of art. Here it is:
They say a gentleman never tells, so the inspiration behind this piece will be vague. A memorable experience with a real doll is all we’ll say! Two weeks later, the result was a 6.5” reclining nude.
She’s hot, right?
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I am a childhood friend of Josh’s and I’ve been trying to push him to do more with his art since the beginning. Hopefully your blog will help push Josh’s work to the next level! If you haven’t already forwarded this to Josh I am emailing him the link right now!
These pieces are great. You have a great talent there and could be competition in future to Alan. Keep experimenting and you will find your way.
Very cool stuff. Wish I had something worthy of one of these…
How can I purchase these skull shifter knobs?? They’re awesome.
Charles Venancio
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Where do you go to purchase the skull knobs? I clicked on everything and no luck.
I’m not 100% sure Josh is still making these. Haven’t talked to him in a while. If they are not available from his website, please try here: http://hotrodshiftknob.com/ Debbie at Hot Rod Shift Knob will have them if they’re still around.