Sculptor Christopher Conte combines his artwork and his experience making prosthetics to create mechanical, science fiction–inspired work with a touch of the dark side.
A Study in Decay
As a student of sculpture at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, Conte was enamored with special-effects animatronics. But he noticed the increasing use of computer-generated images in film and knew that those renderings would eventually make mechanical models obsolete. Conte’s teachers took note of the heavy anatomical influence in his work and suggested he consider a career in the medical field. To pursue his love for making functional sculptures, he decided on prosthetics. That was 16 years ago.
Conte has combined art with his experience making prosthetic limbs to create a series of miniature skulls. Each marks a different place in the expected evolution of biomechanics. The first is a bare-bones study on how a human body would decompose and which parts, bone or machine, would remain.
October 9th, 2008 at 1:43 am
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October 23rd, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Love Christopher work,all skulptures are perfect,clean,briliant as allways
Good luck and keep creating!
October 23rd, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Love Christopher skulptures,
clean,perfect,briliant like allways.Keep creating good stuff
Blessings
S
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September 10th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
hey doc, how would you feel about making a left handed prosthetic terminator arm?
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