Pansy the giant kewpie - Bungendore NSW by lbmcshutter

Pansy the giant kewpie - Bungendore NSW

Pansy is 5m tall and was one of 12 giant kewpies that appeared in the closing ceremony of the Sydney Olympics in 2000, they twirled around the arena to John Paul Young's Love is in the Air bringing back memories of Strictly Ballroom. Apparently the people who made these giant fibreglass dolls named each of them, this one is Pansy.

Pansy now lives at an antique shop in Bungendore NSW about 30 mins from Canberra

When I was a little girl and my family went to the Royal Melbourne Show I always wanted a kewpie doll on a cane stick. My parents bought me one and she was treasured for years.
I've known of kewpie dolls all my life but it all changed in grade 9 or 10 drama class when we had to do a production of "Summer of the Seventeenth Doll". Haven't been able to look a kewpie in the eye since.

Oh, and the channel 9 morning tv people did an impromptu thing on the kewpie doll toilet roll holders a week or two back. Reminded me of my nanna.
September 20th, 2012  
Reminds me of the Summer of the Seventeth Doll too
September 20th, 2012  
I don't know that play, but Pansy is a little creepy.
September 20th, 2012  
Interesting shot and info.
September 20th, 2012  
That is one big dolly! What's a kewpie? (queue-pea or Queue-piy?)
September 20th, 2012  
@filsie65 - Kew as in Kew Gardens and pie as in Pea.
November 17th, 2012  
@brizmako @peterdegraaff - Oh and yes to the memory of Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.
November 17th, 2012  
@bobfoto But what is it?! (Apart from a large rather scary doll...?)
November 17th, 2012  
@filsie65 - they used to be at carnivals in the US, and you could throw balls at skittles or through hoops to win a Kewpie Doll. i think they used to be hung from sticks or I could be wrong there... There is a Kewpie Doll on facebook that has travelled the world and I took its photo at the Eiffel Tower last year.
November 17th, 2012  
@filsie65 @bobfoto http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_of_the_Seventeenth_Doll

A play I saw many time as an usher at Melbourne Theatre Co when I was an usher in the 70's. A kewpie doll as in the play wass won at fairs and carnivals. a doll that was dressed and had a walking stick style cane behind it

Kewpie is short for cupid allegedly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kewpie_doll
November 17th, 2012  
@bobfoto @peterdegraaff Well thanks chaps, you learn something new on 365 every day! Can't believe you took a doll to Paris Jason!! Love the idea of the little Jesus etc travelling the world, bit like Flat Stanley.
How odd that we all ended up looking at this photo today - Megan if you're listening get your camera out - we clearly need you! :)
November 17th, 2012  
@filsie65 - I didn't take the doll with me... I met her in the lineup at the base, and took her photo at the top. ;)
November 17th, 2012  
@filsie65 @bobfoto @peterdegraaff great to hear from you all, I am hoping the improvement in the weather will inspire me to get out taking photos again
November 17th, 2012  
@bobfoto Sounds like a corny chat-up line to me!!

@lbmcshutter Amen to that!! Hope you're keeping well and everything's hunky-dory :)
November 17th, 2012  
@filsie65 - I promise you no corn was involved. ;)
November 17th, 2012  
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