![]() It included the lyrics: "The plaster's gettin' harder and my love is perfection/ A token of my love for her collection."Ĭynthia's career was immortalised in the 2001 documentary 'Plaster Caster' and she also featured in the 2005 BBC documentary 'My Penis and I' – created by the filmmaker Lawrence Barraclough about his anxiety over the size of his penis. The experiences were equally exciting and weird and different from each other."Ĭynthia was honoured in the song 'Plaster Caster' that featured on the 1977 KISS album 'Love Gun' although rock legend Gene Simmons was never one of her subjects. (John Connors) CHICAGO Cynthia Plaster Caster Albritton, one of the most flamboyant figures of the backstage rock world in the 1960s and 1970s. Her representatives confirmed her death on April 21, noting that she had passed away. Because they're my sweet babies and I am their mama and I'm very democratic with all my babies. Cynthia Plaster Caster, the artist known for making penis casts of rock musicians, has died at the age of 74. But, I couldn't say whether or not he's my most exciting. I had tried it on a few civilians first to be ready for Jimi. This figure, slightly cracked (after all. "We were the groupies that got to the hotel first and we were the only groupies in Jimi Hendrix's room. But there are also special originals among them, such as Cynthia Albritton, who collected. He was my first real rock star that dipped his d*** and it was unbelievable. She recalled to Rock Scene magazine: "Jimi Hendrix was coming to town. Cynthia Albritton, better known as 'Cynthia Plaster Caster' for the plaster casts she made of rock star private parts, died after what her representatives said was a long illness. Hendrix was her first famous subject after he agreed to be cast while on tour in Chicago in 1968. Croce paid homage to her in his 1973 song "Five Short Minutes." Kiss did the same with 1977's "Plaster Caster."Īlbritton was later featured in documentaries, including Plaster Caster and Let's Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock's Greatest Groupies.The artist, known as Cynthia Plaster Caster, immortalised the members of rockers like Jimi Hendrix, Buzzcocks' Pete Shelley and the Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra.Ĭynthia's representatives confirmed her death on Thursday (21.04.22), revealing she passed away in Chicago following a long illness.Īlbritton was born in 1947 and turned her attention to rock frontmen at art school during the 1960s – when she was asked to create a plaster cast of "something solid that could retain its shape". She credited an art professor at the University of Illinois Chicago with giving her the idea for the intimate plaster casts in the late-'60s.īy the early-'70s, Albritton began exhibiting her collection publicly. ![]() The experiences were equally exciting and weird and different from each other." Because they're my sweet babies and I am their mama and I'm very democratic with all my babies. But I couldn't say whether or not he's my most exciting. I choose to fight on by rebuilding a new version. "I had tried it on a few civilians first to be ready for Jimi. I appreciate all the support you've given over the past two years. "It wasn't our very first cast," Albritton told Rock Scene. She says he was also the first "real rock star" to contribute to her life's work. The Hendrix cast is by far Albritton's most famous piece. "It is with feelings of sadness and pride, that The Phallogical Museum announces that prior to passing Cynthia 'Plaster Caster' Albritton decided to donate to the museum with one of a few casts of Jimi Hendrix," the museum announced Monday.Īlbritton was renowned for her phallic cast sculptures, which included more than 100 casts of members belonging to famed rockstars like Gene Simmons, Jim Croce, Wayne Kramer, Eric Burdon, Mark Lindsay and many others. Albritton achieved celebrity status for her work: She created molds of some of the world’s biggest stars, including Jimi Hendrix, Langford, Eric Burdon of the Animals, Wayne Kramer of the MC5, Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks and Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra. The cast was donated by famed "Plaster Caster" Cynthia Albritton, who passed away last month at age 74. Credit: Cynthia Albritton (Plaster Caster) / Facebook. The Chicago native was famous for her avant-garde artwork an expansive collection of plaster molds of private parts of famous musicians. ![]() A plaster cast replica of Jimi Hendrix's penis has been donated to the Icelandic Phallogical Museum and will be unveiled in Reykjavik in June and put on display there. One of the world's most famous rock and roll groupies, Cynthia Albritton, has died at age 74 after battling an illness for several years. ![]()
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