Experimental hand #8
Gestural hand series
This documents a series of 30 prototypes that led to hand #8 the final hand in the series and a response to the way Holly uses her hands to communicate. Rather than conceal or use electronics to imitate life, the object has been shaped and balanced to create gesture and expression as an extension of her own movement.
Special cuts, weights and damping were slowly introduced as the hand became more animated. More sophisticated behaviour started to appear around the 24th iteration.
