Probably not too many people are familiar with the art form of life-casting. Mid-Missouri Artists (MMA) member Reggie Ferguson will present the Thursday, May 28, program on this topic. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Warrensburg Community Center, Arts and Crafts room. All MMA programs are free and open to the public.

Ferguson says: “Since retiring in 2012 I’ve been looking for life’s next great adventure,. Well I’ve found it as a bodylife- caster. So what is a bodylife- caster you might be asking yourself? Life-casting is the process of creating a three-dimensional copy of a living human body, through the use of molding and casting techniques. In rare cases life-casting is also practiced on living animals. The most common lifecasts are of torsoes, pregnant bellies, hands, faces, and gentalia, and it is possible for an experienced lifecasting practitioner to copy any part of the body.”

Life-casting is usually limited to one section of the body at a time, but full-body lifecasts are achievable too. Compared with other three-dimensional representations of humans, the standout feature of a lifecasts is their high level of realism and detail. Lifecasts can replicate details as small as fingerprints and pores.

An example of a lifecast by Ferguson can be viewed in the current MMA art display in the Warrensburg Community Center.