Bring me the head of Johann Sebastian Bach
Awhile back, Ann Mason—then-exec-director of the Renaissance & Baroque Society of Pittsburgh—and I thought it would be screamingly funny to create a promotional bobblehead of the august Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach. And, by George, we were right—it is funny!
Here’s what I envisioned:
One of the rbsp board members, Joy Troetschel, has some expertise in getting merchandise manufactured, and knew of a bobblehead factory in China who could produce our little statuette. What follows are some images from the correspondence I shared with the talented sculptors who created a brilliant little 3D clay caricature of Bach from the sketches I sent.
And here’s the prototype. They even airbrushed a nice 5 o’clock shadow onto JSB’s cheeks!
If you’d like one of these timeless treasures, visit the rbsp website—they’re modestly priced and benefit the Society.
Oh that is so friggn’ cool!
Can you imagine what Bach would think if he new in the year 2009 someone would be making a bobble head of him!
I would like to buy one of your Bach bobbleheads
Do you ship to Canada and how much for shipping
thanks
Sandra, the Renaissance & Baroque Society of Pittsburgh sells the Bach bobbleheads. You can find them here: http://www.rbsp.org/giftshop.aspx
I can’t imagine why they wouldn’t ship to Canada.
Oh, he bears the last name of my father. Wow. My great grandfather was from Prussia. He was Damian Bach. I do not know if he tracks his genealogy in my ancestry. Well, Who knows? John Bach seems so interesting. Wow!
Any more of these left for sale?
Tim, I just clicked over to the Renaissance & Baroque Society’s site and their gift shop seems to be empty of any JSB bobbleheads. Ebay has one for sale: http://www.ebay.com/itm/JS-Bach-bobblehead-/251273143245?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a810be3cd
Good luck!
Thanks, John. I just made a bid. By the way, I love your work!
very very nice this bach.
has been reproduced to buy it?
I would very much
thanks
domenico
Mi dispiace, Domenico. Purtroppo, abbiamo fatto i Bach bobblehead per una propaganda quasi dieci anni fa e non sono disponibili più. Cliq a eBay.com di tanto in tanto. Si puo vederlo ogni tanto. —John