Castillo-+Plaster+Prosthetic+Project

media type="file" key="elizabethcastillo.m4v" Artist Statement

Humans have the capability to use their hands in everyday life. The daily tasks are focused around the ability to use their hands. I made a prosthetic that would prevent its users from being able to have the capability to use their hands. The prosthetic is made out of a wire frame that is covered and filled with plaster. The negative space in the Plaster object is in the shape of a hand that allows its users to interact with the art. The engraving on the face of the sculpture represents an abstract hand. The detail is something that can be done with the hands. When the hands are inside the prosthetic, it prohibits its users from moving their hands. The weight makes its users to be forced bend downward and have their hands basically touching the ground.

-Elizabeth Castillo