Carving an icon
The late French singer Edith Piaf’s soulful expression is masked behind a protective layer of plastic in the Paris Grevin Wax Museum’s workshop, preparing it for shipment to Prague.
The wax statue is one of many hyper realistic figures that will be displayed at the museum’s new Prague venue, which opened in May.
The model head of Mick Jagger is nearly unrecognisable as technician Matthieu Verrier works on the figure in the Paris Grevin Wax Museum’s workshop.
Sculptor Eric Saint Chaffray carves Mick Jagger’s features.
Edith Piaf’s delicate features are perfected by staff painter Helene Jonca.
Piaf’s wax hands are checked in the workshop.
Saint Chaffray inserts the teeth and tongue into Jagger’s head.
Orphan hands wait for their bodies on a shelf.
Painter Helene Jonca adjusts Mick Jagger’s hair at the workshop.
Painter Franck Bruneau wraps the head of Edith Piaf's wax statue in plastic before it is shipped to Prague.
Putting the final touches in place, museum staff adjust Piaf’s wax statue.
