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a mistake for a miniature Jonathan Cheban.
Because there isnobeatmorefunthantheChalametbeat good morning,Derek!
Vulture called the doll-maker behind the dummy to get his side of the story.
Im not naive when it comes to the internet.
(He estimates he has made 25 ventriloquist dummies in total.)
But I wasnt really expecting to get trolled for a dummy.
It was sort of weird.
We had this mutual thing for him; we both thought he was amazing, so talented.
I call him Timmy too.I thought,I should do a little Timmy ventriloquist dummy.
I work full-time, this is just a little hobby.
I had been working on it and working on it.
I used something called Super Sculpey, which is a polymer clay.
I dont know how familiar you are with clays or anything like that.
Polymer clay you bake it.
You might have seen polymer clays in a craft store in little blocks; they have different colors.
I buy a big, huge block of the professional version.
You sculpt the head and then you bake it to harden it.
I do about seven layers of that.
I just use electrical tape to wrap it up and close it.
What that does is creates a hard head.
Then you demold it, taking the mold off.
I fit the mechanics inside the head.
Then I paint it, build the body.
If I worked on one nonstop, I could probably do it in a month.
Because I just do it very sporadically, I started this one maybe in September and just finished.
People online do not like the hair at all, which drives me crazy.
My response to them is: Youre welcome to do better.
You think you’re able to do better, youre welcome to try.
I kind of like it that way.
I do want to have someone curl it and do the appropriate things.
Im not that obsessed with the hair; it was for fun.
The outfit was kind of a nightmare.
Im not a seamstress by any means.
I think I got the grasp of how to be a seamstress by making this outfit.
you’re able to do this crazy outfit, youll be fine!
Very Tim Gunn saying, Make it work!
I have to ask why you chose the sequined-harness look specifically.
Was that always the plan?
It was definitely the hottest carpet look hed had in a while.I think because it got so much attention.
It was so different.
Im a typical gay man; Im all over the awards shows.
So many people, likeCody FernandBilly Porter, are going outside the box.
For myself, it was so refreshing to see that.
I think he called it a bib.
I thought it was so cool.
Im all about anything with sequins or beading on it.
Plus, it didnt look like it was that difficult to reproduce, honestly.
On one red carpet, he wore this really amazinggreen velvet suit.
It might have been the year before.
I wouldve loved to replicate that, but hell if I know how to make a suit!
Even making a blazer feels so much harder.Oh, absolutely!
Dealing with lapels no, thank you.
Its not a portrait, per se, its more of a caricature.
Its meant to be fun.
His jawline is clearly not as pronounced as I made it.
You cant really see his ears [in photos], but they stick out.
You accentuate those things in a caricature.
I dont go out and perform or anything.
Ive just always thought the art form of the dummies themselves was really neat.
Ever since I was a little kid, Ive loved ventriloquist dummies.
Ive never wanted to perform with one; I just thought they were a really interesting art form.
In places like Spain, for example, they take the artistry of puppetry really seriously.
Its fascinating to me.
Its a joke here in the United States.
As far as the creepy factor, I completely get it.
It was five years ago, literally today, June 11, thatAnderson gave Kelly the dummy.
Its kind of ironic.
The goal was to have fun with it, get a little bit of publicity.
Ultimately, Id love to be able to give it to [Chalamet].
For that reason, I set the price so astronomically high that no one would actually buy it.
Andersons show on CNN is calledAC360, so his was priced at $360,000.
With Timothee, I didnt know what I was going to do.
I looked at his birthday, and I thought,You know what, thats what well do.
Well just do his birthday: $122,795.
How did you become familiar with Timothee?
I thought he was phenomenal in that movie when [his character] went off his meds.
That was really where it started.
When he didCall Me by Your Name, of course, that blew up.
Im dying to seethe Woody Allen movie although Im not a big fan of Woody Allens personal life.
Im looking forward to seeing that.
We formed this bond over the whole thing.
When he was nominated for an Oscar, we were super-excited about it.
When he wasnt nominated [forBeautiful Boy], we were super-bummed about it.
He just keeps pushing the envelope.
Im very into fashion.
