Humanoid Formation

Sculpture (silicone, human hair, tobacco, epoxy). Biological Imperatives, Gallery Aferro, Newark (US).

Humanoid Formation is a reconstruction of the hands of the infamous Grady “Lobster Boy” Stiles Jr. Still’s deformity was ectrodactyly, his the fingers were fused together forming claw-like extremities as a result of a genetic defect running in the familiy.

Photography: Ajla R. Steinvåg