When I decided to collect ventriloquist figures I made it a point to purchase figures that were carved from wood. This was the medium that for me represented the “Ventriloquist Figure” . Of course that is not the case because other materials were used to make figures as we all know.
Paper mache was used, plastic wood , liquid rubber (Latex) etc,etc. Now the figures which were produced from other materials are good but I wanted wood. I kind of limited myself with this and had to bend because some of the best collector figures were not done in wood.
The McElroy brother used plastic wood to create their fabulous creations, Len Insull and other English makers used Paper Mache to do their figures. So in my quest for acquiring collectable figures I had to also accept that some were going to not be made in wood. (Did you catch that ” accept” LOL)
I love watching ventriloquists that make reference to their wooden friend when in reality the figure is a cast head and not carved wood. Why use the wood reference when it is not made of wood. The answer is because when you think of a ventriloquist figure you think of wood.
Just some rambling thought of a ventriloquist figure collector.
Dan
www.ventriloquistcentral.com
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Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. He created the Ventriloquist Central Collection. It now has over 100 ventriloquist figures and over 50 of them are Frank Marshall figures. Because of his love for the art of ventriloquism, Mr. Willinger created the website Ventriloquist Central. For more information about the website, go to: http://www.ventriloquistcentral.com
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