This is an ongoing exploration of making and conceptions of form via the construction of tape hand casts and corresponding gloves. I recently discovered that I didn't know how to make a glove, which I had initially assumed would be a relatively straight forward undertaking. There is an obvious connection between hands and making, and I started to collect tape casts of friends hands so that I could design a personalized a glove as a part of an attempt to reclaim the ability to make. I have also started collecting gloves from friends in order to learn more about other peoples' approaches to making and conceptions of form. If you would like to participate in all of this (love for) glove talk, feel free to contact me with ideas or images!

Monday, January 24, 2011

made by friends

This is a glove made by Nichol out of leftover fabric from a halloween costume prop. Nichol has a very distinct hand shape, her pinky is shorter than most (she is the next step in evolution), and so an outside wearer of this glove also appears to be one step ahead of the rest of us.

Katharine had seen me wriggle out of far too many far too tight packing tape body casts, so she opted for a mitten cast (much easier to slip the hand out of) and made me an oven mitt.
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