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 had tried it on a few civilians first to be ready for Jimi. “It wasn’t our very first cast,” Albritton had told Rock Scene. She said 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. The cast was donated by famed ‘Plaster Caster’ Cynthia Albritton, who passed away last month at age 74. (Excerpted from the 2006 book Is Tiny Dancer Really Elton’s Little John?: Music’s Most Enduring Mysteries, Myths, and Rumors Revealed, published by Three Rivers Press, written by Gavin Edwards.A plaster cast replica of Jimi Hendrix’s penis has been donated to the Icelandic Phallogical Museum in Reykjavik and will be put on display there next month. “I think it’s time to pass on the gauntlet before it’s too late.”
“It’s bizarre to have people tell me I’m a legend,” said the cheerful Plaster Caster. (For more information, see And she’s teaching classes for couples, which come with a plaster-casting diploma. Plaster Caster’s started a nonprofit foundation for non-mainstream artists to raise money, she’s selling limited editions of some of her casts, including the Hendrix monolith. She’s still mixing the plaster today–some of her recent acquisitions include David Yow of the Jesus Lizard and Suzi Gardner of L7 (she’s added boobs to her repertoire). Plaster Caster had an ugly court case in the early ’90s over ownership of her molds, which she won (although some of the plaster originals are gone forever, she has bronze copies). “This backfired on my original intent, which was to get laid.” Over the past 35 years, the Chicago native has accumulated an eclectic collection of units, including Jello Biafra (the Dead Kennedys), Wayne Kramer (the MC5), and Jimi Hendrix. “I’ve always been the mold mixer,” Plaster Caster told me. She had a variety of female accomplices, who concentrated on the job of keeping the star stimulated. In case you’re not familiar with her oeuvre, she became famous for making casts of the penises of rock stars. “The world of plaster is a crazy one,” confided the woman who would know, Cynthia Plaster Caster.
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