the offering by umar jamshaid from pakistan

the inspiration came from the offering gesture of the hand when someone offers you his/her hand for you to hold and move on. the posture of the hand was studied and as is the case with all of my designs, special considerations were given to study of anthropometrics of a human hand. inspirational sketches were the medium of exploration along with real life models so that they could be felt in reality.Careful study was done to calculate the comfortable human grip and was documented using clay as it is a medium which was found very sensitive towards pressure applied by human palm and fingers. After the documentation in clay, it was made permanent by baking the clay model in the kiln. Then, using the mould and cast technique, a cast was obtained in plaster so that it could be worked on. Then step by step, using sand paper and carving tools, the form was carved to a door handle that had itself to offer!