Hi, I’m Brooke.
I’m interested in surfaces, small details, and what emerges when you take the time to really look. For me, casting is not only about form, but about a shared process.
An artist-led, FLINTA-run sculpture studio exploring the human body through casting.
People usually find us because of me — they want to meet the person who will cast their body, and feel at ease with her. That’s why every project starts with a conversation, and why I take my time with every single person.
Art, materials & experimentation
I’m Brooke Meenan, a sculptor with a background in painting and interdisciplinary art.
I founded Life Casting Berlin to explore a different approach to casting: working exclusively with water-based materials, with the wellbeing of people and the environment at its heart.
This commitment has led me into an exciting field of material research and experimentation. I continually test new techniques and explore developments in sculptural materials, combining traditional casting processes with contemporary innovation.
For me, how a sculpture is made matters just as much as the finished object.
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)Kansas City Art Institute
- Exchange studiesEdinburgh College of Art
- Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Art in Public SpaceBauhaus-Universität Weimar
Life Casting Berlin in brief
- Studio
- Life Casting Berlin — an artist-led, FLINTA-run sculpture studio exploring the human body through casting
- Artist
- Brooke Meenan, sculptor (BFA Kansas City Art Institute, MFA Art in Public Space, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar)
- Location
- Gottlieb-Dunkel-Straße 43–44, 12099 Berlin-Tempelhof — by appointment only
- What is cast
- Torso and chest, hands, vulva, two people together, full body (commission)
- Also
- Artistic commissions, casting workshops, team events for companies
- Materials
- Exclusively water-based: alginate, plaster, water-based acrylic resin, pigment, gold leaf; bronze on request
- Prices
- From €390 (vulva), €550 (breast/chest), €850 (torso); others on request
- Time
- Session: a few hours · finished sculpture: about three months
- Languages
- English and German
- Booking
- Free 20-minute call — online booking, email, phone or WhatsApp
How a cast is made
Preparation
Measurements for the support structure; you arrive shaved on the area being cast; a protective cream goes on first.
Alginate
A thick layer of skin-safe alginate captures every detail. It does not pull hair and sets in minutes.
Support
Plaster bandages hold the soft mould in shape. Then it comes off — gently.
The cast
Filled, freed from the mould and refined by hand over about three months.
Safe and water-based
Out of respect for the body and the environment, I work exclusively with safe, water-based materials — chosen for your safety, mine, and the life of the finished sculpture.
- Alginateskin-safe mould, from seaweed
- Plaster & plaster bandagessupport shell and cast
- Water-based acrylic resinrobust, detailed
- Pigment, metal effects, gold leafsurface finishes
- Ceramic, porcelain, bronzeon request
Come and meet me.
The studio is in Tempelhof, Gottlieb-Dunkel-Straße 43–44 — visits by appointment only.