Rachis de Transflux RT-1 (prothèse pour Plasticus), 2025

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Solid glass, 3D printing

25 × 70 × 20 cm

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This sculpture imagines a prosthesis for a weakened spine, designed for the fictional species Plasticus humanimalia.

 

For Plasticus, illness is no longer something to conceal or cure, as it is in human medical systems. Instead, it is a source of pride and a potential for evolution.

 

The prosthesis is anything but discreet. It is displayed, adorned and celebrated. It becomes an artefact, an icon and a sacred extension of a body in transformation.

 

Glass, a paradoxical material that is both fragile and enduring, becomes a vital extension of this synthetic body, speculative anatomy and bodily ornamentation.

 

Its decorative elements are inspired by the botanical illustrations of Plantae selectae. Although scientific in origin, these engravings possess an almost fantastical aesthetic, where floral and animal forms intertwine.

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Blown glass produced with glassblower Guillaume Roux
3D modeling: Robert Hulland

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