Have you ever been accused of copying another artist

[Steven Sweeney]

The guy

[Heidi Maiers]

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.

[Lacey Lewis]

I feel your pain... I never have been accused of this with my art, but I have twice been accused of plagiarism. One time was for my senior thesis paper in high school, and I was very passionate about the subject and had been researching for months. My teacher was quite rude, going so far as to say "You are not intelligent enough to have written this."

I'm so glad that in the end this person realized that they were mistaken.