I had tried to photocopy my hands before, but didn't try it to it's full extent.... so I decided to go back and try it again. I really experimented this time, and really enjoyed the results. I was able to contort my hand just by moving it around when the photocopier was going. i tried closing my fist, and twisting my hand the full 360 degrees. I also dragged my fingers along with the light on the photocopier as it was moving.

The hand's grooves and curves interested me a lot, especially when I cast it. Therefore I decided to also cast my foot. However it didn't  yield quite the best results. Air bubbles formed at the toes, so it looks like there are holes there now. But as I found out with the cast of my hand, I muc prefer the pictures of the casts to the actual casts. I really enojoyed taking these pictures of my cast.

I love the atmospheric look of these, with as blue hue in it, and dark shadows, but the beautiful colour of the orange appeals to me most.

The orange hue and the placement of the shadows make the pictures alwost abstract, which is a quality I really enjoy in them.

 I started looking at the closing of the fist, and decided to portray this using the outlines of bones from the x-rays. Then i started to  break up the bones into their different components, and arrange them different ways.

I found the initial results interesting, so i uploaded some onto Photoshop and played around with the colours and movements of the bones within the hand. I love the almost robotic look of them when I was finished.

I wanted to explore the 2D bone structure of the hand, so I acquired some x-rays. Then I started playing around with the shapes!

 I wanted to make some kind of a model of my hand, so I started experimenting with plaster paris.

 I then wrapped my hand in masking tape to see. the effect. 

 I decided to make a cast of my hand. I still really like the shape of the fist, so when I was casting it, I did it in the shape of a fist. 

 This is the cast of my hand. I think the peaks and grooves in the mould are interesting, and they in themselves convey a movement. 

 This is the finished mould of my hand. The creases and indents in the hand are visually interesting, but the photos themselves convey a mood of their own, especially in the last image. The lighting is atmospheric.  

 I was playing around with the photocopier, and I liked the blurriness of the hand in this one.

Different prints I made of the crease of my fist.