Artisans’ election-themed merchandise proves to be profitable side commerce,with Sanders earrings and dolls moving fast – but crocheted Cruz doll is tough sell
New Yorkers know how to party, which is why Sara Caldwell just spent several days building and hand portray a 36-in tall custom Ted Cruz piñata to send off to a primary party in New York on Tuesday.
The 54-year-old from Santa Clarita, and California,runs the Etsy store Mosaic Bones, where she sells her handmade presidential candidate piñatas (priced from $30) and papier-mâché decorations. For the custom piñata being sent to New York – so large she needed to make a special box to ship it – Caldwell shaped Cruz’s body out of cardboard and papier-mâché, or then created a Cruz button in Clip Art to recede along with his painted blue suit and thick quizzical eyebrows.
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Source: theguardian.com