Magical Or Macabre

[Canary42]

While browsing facebook today I came across an advert for Casting Body Parts (Xmas present perhaps). The link below shows a few examples, but in order to avoid spam, I won't reveal the outfit offering this service.

Now I know this was fashionable in Queen Victoria's time (I've seen her family collection at Osborne House), but what do folk think ? I think it's macabre, but you may think it's magical.

https://ibb.co/vLdF2X6

[jno]

I can see doing it for a baby so when they grow up they can marvel at how tiny they once were. Aside from that, though, I'm not sure I see the point.

However, there may be a constituency...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Plaster_Caster

[pastafreak]

There's nothing new about it. Usually babies hands and feet.
I've certainly seen them before. Not something I'd ever thought to do though.

[Canary42]

An amusing link jno :-D

"Those were the days" memento for Oldies maybe.

[Mamyalynne]

I can see the appeal of the tiny babies feet, never had my two cast though.

[Lie-in King]

Hmmm, elbows...

[Mamyalynne]

Oi!!

[wolf63]

Canary
This is what I would call creepy.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36389581

[Mamyalynne]

Although that does seem odd to us now Wolf, I don't find it creepy at all.

[pastafreak]

Weirdly unsettling, but fascinating

[pat2604]

It's s definite no no from me. I have my first baby shoes sprayed in gold on our dresser. My mum sprayed them. That's great, but I wouldn't like baby feet!!

[pat2604]

Oh Wolf, I find that very, very creepy. I find stuffed animals very very creepy too!

[pastafreak]

That means no taxidermy in the AB escape cottage.

[Smowball]

The conversations that occur on here late at night! LOL.

[lady-janine]

In an art class at uni I once made a complete plaster mould of a friend. It was done in sections. It was fun to do but of course she was alive.

[Barsel]

I'm glad that practice of propping dead people up to take photos no longer exists.

[albaqwerty]

are you sure Barsel? Some black and white wedding photos from the 60's may suggest otherwise :-)

A s-i-l and I also wondered about a wedding photo taken a few years ago - groom and his family (from Mr Alba's side) look decidedly put out (wedding took place in 2015!!)

[Mamyalynne]

Put out or laid out?

[pixie374]

I like those, canary, although don't have any myself. I love hands. They are just so... human. Especially when they are older and a bit battle-scarred. Will have to ask my clients:-), would recognise all of them by theirs.

[barry1010]

More than 30 years ago a mate of mine had his 'dangly bits' cast and he kept it on the mantlepiece.

[pat2604]

That's just horrible ^^^^