INTERIOR FORMS
The experiment continues by using the hand
itself to sculpt its own interior.
'Using plasticine, wax, clay or plaster of Paris, form the interior of one closed hand and
further with two or more closed hands investigate these interior forms. It is found that
it is impossible to read precisely any of these forms as the hand never closes the same
way again. All these forms are seen to have a general helical structure and have a further
interest as they are forms well known to the touch but unknown to the eye. When first
exhibited at the London Surrealist Exhibition in 1936 they were immediately recognised as
familiar to the public as bones, fossils etc but never for what they actually were.---/'
Photo n°2. Clay form of the inside of a closed hand using a soft but resistant substance
Photo n°3. Impression in clay of two hands
closing
Once understood, this seems obvious but if encountering this sculpture for the first time,
it seems to be something organic - perhaps a bone or a section of a vertebral column.
Photo n°4. Backview of photo n°3
This again suggests an organic, skeletal form, perhaps a pelvis of an unkown animal.
Photo n°5. Impression of three hands
gradually closing.
This might suggest a skull of a primitive beast with its jaw-bone.
Photo n°6. Lateral view of photo n°5
This suggests a smooth wave-shaped shell.
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