Thanks for your response Steven,
I was very tactful in my reply to this accusation, but still, I like your would-be response!
To his credit, he did say that he thought my work was of a very high standard and said that he did not think there was any impropriety on my part. His theory was that whoever sent me the mold was claiming the work as his own and was just having me do modifications.
I would never attempt to edit anyone else's work - even if they asked me to, so it was still a huge insult that someone would think I made the bust by pressing it into a mold. I have put a small progression of images of the process on my "Work in Process" page to avoid this sort of mistaken assumption in the future.
I'm just grateful that he at least was bold enough to confront me immediately and directly with his false theory rather than to start spreading untrue rumors that would have ruined my career for sure.
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