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Liz Lomax, who calls herself "a three dimensional illustrator", creates figurines for record covers, magazines, billboards, adverts and just for fun of it .
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...the Rolling Stones....
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Her work has included quirky caricatures of megastar musicians including Sting....
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...Noel Gallagher and Paul Weller.
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She has even made a mini Michael Jackson dangling a baby as well as a bling wearing 50 Cent.
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Liz's works can take between one week and several months, depending on whether there is a deadline.
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After sketching out a plan on paper she will set to work building up a wire and aluminium foil frame onto which will be layered sculpting clay, all the while referencing photographs of her subject.
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Colour is then added to the sculpture using oil paint. "Her hair alone was so captivating and it reminded me that I had some brillo pads under the kitchen sink. I thought how perfect they'd be for her beehive, so I sculpted her."
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Liz explains: "Most of my ideas come from watching people in the news and current events. There'll be that one person or situation that will jump out and I can see the whole thing sculpted in my head"
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The nimble-fingered creative also makes incredible wedding cake toppers which feature mini depictions of the happy couple.
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New Yorker Liz's souvenir scrapbook includes pictures of her with Ringo Starr....
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..Paul Weller....
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...and Roger Daltrey .
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