The Phantom Limb

It's completely surreal to hold your own hand and it's only becomes stranger when you really think about what you are doing. I clasp my hands all the time, most people do, but when you can hold your hand and not feel the touch it's a little freaky. But it's even stranger when you are touching something that you know is not you and have the phantom feeling of the touch.

 

 

 

 

When I pulled the prints (plural because I ordered two) out of the box from Shapeways I had this strange though that it would bounce the way skin does. Logically I know that it is a hard plastic object but it was still surprising for it to be so solid in my hand. Another odd though is that I can feel parts of my hand from the scan that I hadn't noticed before. Are my bones really that noticeable? Does my wrist really look like that? 

I would suggest that everyone cast their hand at some point so that they understand what I'm talking about. It's strange to be able to hold your hand from the perspective of another person. 

 

All that aside when I pulled the prints out of the box today after class my teacher turned around and gasped and said she thought my hands had shrunk. 

As a side note I would like to mention that my glasses do sit in the hand rather well. This wasn't my intention when I was making this but I'm going to consider that a happy accident.