Stereo Leg (model: Victoria Modesta)  If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you know that I really, really love beautiful prosthetic limbs. The Alternative Limb Project is a bespoke prosthesis manufacturer willing to work with the customer to provide anything from incredibly realistic custom-scultped and painted pieces  (their “realistic” line) to outrageous flights [...]

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you may know that I am fascinated by prosthetic legs. From old antique ones to Alexander McQueen’s hand-carved wooden boots, there is something about prostheses that screams to me of a post-biological future. From the first time I saw the Flex-Foot Cheetah and realized that prostheses [...]

This is quite a long video, but stick it out. If not for Aimee Mullins’ inspiring personal story (you may remember her as the girl with glass legs from The Cremaster Cycle) or for the the awesome thought that we shall all be preternaturally tall designer robots one day, then for the hand-carved ashwood Alexander [...]