How Cloning Our ‘Privates’ Boosted Our Confidence

My boyfriend and I made casts of each other for fun—but it did a lot more than making us laugh.

British artist Jamie McCartney has perfected the genital cast and is showing his impressive sculpture walls worldwide. This is called The Spice of Life.

We can all get stuck in patterns, especially when we find ourselves in steady relationships. Then, we might repeat the same dates, again and again, from a lack of options, ideas, or time.

My partner and I make a conscious effort to challenge habits and are committed never to end up where we’ve been in past relationships; on the couch and glued to the screen.

Of course, there’s no reason to reinvent the wheel every time; certain things just work, such as long chats over wine or a shared meal, lazy breakfasts, aimless walks—or sex, of course. But sometimes it’s fun to switch it up. As I wrote about in my guide to dating at home, there’s so much fun you can get up to without even leaving the house, and without spending a ton of money either.

Have you, for example, thought about making plaster casts of each other’s most intimate body parts? I hadn’t really either—not until Jay suggested it last week. We did it, and here’s how it went:

First, my boyfriend is a man of action; when he has an idea he doesn’t ponder it for ages, instead, he quickly evaluates and either immediately scraps, or takes the necessary…