Betty Bust

- Bust for Pre-Med Institute - 

My project for the last few days has been a small bust of Betty McDonald, namesake of the Betty McDonald Pre-Med Institute at Southern Utah University. The Institute needed to add a bit of flair to the decor of their front room, and also plans on presenting copies of the bust as congratulation gifts to students graduating the program. A nice gesture, I think.

I've got some refining to do still, but I think it's coming along nicely. I've stayed in close contact with the Institute director, to make sure the bust is shaping up the way they pictured it.

Since the institute will need many copies of the bust, and doesn't want to break the bank, we're going to go with cold cast bronze (a resin-based casting) on this one. That way, the finished product will look like real bronze statues - because they'll have real bronze in them - without ever having to send them off to a foundry.