Dali-Dial

This is an idea for a sculpture that's long been gestating. It is of course a play on Dali's Lobster Telephone, also known as Aphrodisiac Telephone.

NB. I made this in Photoshop.

In his book The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí, Dalí wrote teasingly of his demand to know why, when he asked for a grilled lobster in a restaurant, he was never presented with a boiled telephone. (Wiki)

As you might expect, lobsters and telephones also had strong sexual connotations for Dali.

Nothing particularly sexual about this image, I just had the idea to connect one electrical appliance with another. For visual harmony it was essential they had a similar vintage, and perhaps there's an implication that upon answering you would have a heated iron against your face. The Hot Line, perhaps . . .