HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity. By employing special effects makeup two British bodycasters have even discovered a way to record and decorate pregnancy bumps so it mimics everything from traditional blue and white China to mock bronze statues. Sculptor couple CJ Munn (40) and Andre Masters (40) from Maidstone in Kent worked in television and film before they started creating the baby-bump casts as a hobby for friends – which are made from traditional plaster casts to more elaborate stone and even bronze….SEE HOTSPOT COPY 0121 551 1004
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