Casting a baby's bottom

[Willabywallaby]

I've often admired a local lady who does the hand cast models/handprint jewellery etc. but she's posted a baby's bottom she's cast.

AIBU to think it's a but weird?

I'm holding back posting how I love her work but his is a step to far I find it really unpleasant. Yes, a baby's bottom is cute, but to cast it to keep?!

She does lips around valentines day, but think each to their own with that. Not my cup of tea but it's not a baby's intimate anatomy.

It doesn't seem much weirder than bump casts which are quite popular.

I think it's no different to hands and feet really. Just cute body parts :)

Not that I'd do it, but then I haven't done hands and feet either ...

I'm pretty sure we have seen babies bums in TV/magazine adverts for nappies etc. so I don't think it's particularly odd. Same as you it's not my cup of tea but there you go.

God I am so rubbish I didn't even do foot/hand casts with my DS (PFB too)

It's not my thing I think bumps casts are beyond tacky while we're on the subject but there is something about a wee newborn bum....when it belongs to your own baby.

It's not something it would occur to me to do but I wouldn't say it was 'unpleasant' as such. Not a huge leap from making a cast of their feet really.

I don't find it that weird. I have a gorgeous picture of DS lying butt naked on a sheet when he was about 5 months old. His gorgeous little bum cheeks are the major focus of the picture but it's one of my favourites!

I personally wouldn't have a cast of his bum, but I wouldn't give it two thoughts if someone I knew had one done to go in a little keepsake box.

Babies bums are sweet!

I'd love a cast of my babies' bums. They were perfect.

What a talking point it would be! A pair of brassed arses in the entrance hall. Marvellous.

So I'm in the minority so far.

She's posted the end result and I still think it's odd, although it's not painted yet, so will be interesting to see if it's bronzed. A pic of a baby's bum conveys it's squidginess. A solid plaster model .

She has a family portrait of hands in a frame which I think looks great.

Maybe I'm a prude.

To be honest, I don't see what's wrong with a nice little footprint in paint.

Casts of any type tend to remind me of Victorian death masks.

Good job I've held back from commenting.

Nothing wrong in a bottom cast if that's what you want but I must admit I can't see the point. In years to come it will just look like any random baby's bottom, they don't differ that much. And besides, the gorgeousness of little bottoms comes from their softness, like a little peach! I absolutely never used to rub ds's newborn bottom on my face, oh no that would be weird

Well I think it's a bit odd, but there's nowt as queer as folk.

My DD has a proper Nicki Minaj bum, there wouldn't be enough plaster for it!

@ a marvellous bronzed 'family' bum wall and pixels baby bum face buffing!

You need somewhere to park your bike.

You wouldn't want a mould of DH's arse, the hairs would spoil the effect.

willa Ooh, a mixed media art piece could be the next big thing...

I might get DPs arse cast , complete with bum fluff to hang above my vase filled with fairy lights and twiggy shit!

How does she do the cast? Wouldn't the kid wind up with clay up their vagina etc?

Gilbert and the pair of brassed arses in the entrance hall. Mounted upon pedestals, gracing either side of the doorway.
"Do come in, mind my brassed arses!"

Seriously though, I think baby bottom casting must be rather difficult! YANBU to find it weird, different tastes and all that.

I think it's weird (and I'm not a prude).

Won't the poor child be mortified about it when he's older?

I do think they're weird. But they are popular

I don't think it's weird. Babies' bottoms are so unbelievably cute

I think hand and feet casts look weird, all disembodied and floaty. Arses is a whole other level of tacky!