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Edwards sculpted figures of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy for the Landmark for Peace Memorial in Indianapolis.
In 1997, Edwards spent 30 hours with former Alabama governor George C. Wallace preparing to create a wax bust of Wallace.
In 2009, Edwards released "String Of Babies" depicting Nadya Suleman (Octomom) as an octopus embracing the world's only surviving set of octuplets.
In 2009, Edwards brought in Cory Allen, a publicist who also works with tabloid artist XVALA and artist Marilyn Artus.
On August 9, 2009, Edwards unveiled his latest piece, a nude statue of Angelina Jolie breastfeeding twins, one African and one not.
In 2010, Edwards released the book Blues Heads: Portraits of American Roots Music, ISBN 1-4528-9198-2, through New York publishing house AppleParrot. The book is based on Edwards’s collection of Blues Heads he sculpted, face-to-face with famous blues musicians over a ten-year excursion around the country, visiting festivals, nightclubs and even at times, in their own homes. The book features musicians such as: Chuck Berry, Bobby Blue Bland, James Brown, Bo Diddley, Bob Dylan, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Otis Rush, Hubert Sumlin and Ike Turner.
On August 9, 2011, pictures surfaced of a new statue Edwards had created depicting actress/singer Selena Gomez with her boyfriend singer, Justin Bieber conjoined by the torso, nude, with only coverings on their private parts. Justin was given the Canadian maple leaf as a covering and Selena, the Texas star.
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