Comments on: Enter the Chamber of Horrors: Madame Tussaud

By: KWildman

KWildman — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:32:02 +0000

I’ve been to the Madame Tussuad’s Wax Museum in New York. The detail on the figures were incredible! At the time, I was walking around with my sister and we stopped before walking in front of somebody armed with a camera, as it seem that they were taking a picture of a wax figure in front of them. After a good few minutes, we felt stupid because the photographer too was made of wax!

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:52:39 +0000

Also, MT never made plaster casts of her models. She carved each and every one out of clay, cast plaster over the clay, and then used that as a mold for the wax. This is how it’s still done today.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:11:19 +0000

I was actually kind of surprised that there was actually a Madame Tussaud at all. I had always just assumed that the collection was really made by other artists and “Madame Tussaud” was just a fictional marketing tool character. Cool to see that she was real.

By: Therese

Therese — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:37:57 +0000

Wow, really interesting. I’m glad you made the post longer rather than eliminate any of the gory details. As amazing as it is to think of Madame T. sculpting as she held an acquaintance’s severed head in her lap, I am just as intrigued whenever I read about a woman such as her, who made a name and a career for herself in a time when women did not have that much opportunity to do so. However, I wonder if her younger son wished she had just stayed home.