And then there are artists who make the everyday beautiful- Clare Cunningham’s choreography with crutches:

http://www.clairecunningham.co.uk/index.php?id=9

There is also a jeweler in North Yorkshire who uses walking aids as inspiration for the forms of her work- apologies can’t recall the name but exquisite stuff.

Anne

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Fabulous indeed! Makes me think of a project of my colleagues.

Inspiring design work on their page: http://designforeveryone.howest.be/

Katrien

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These are fab! It's a shame that there is not this level of customisation available to the average user...

My personal favourites are the flashing-multicoloured-lights cybergoth leg attached to a handsome fellow I have seen occasionally when out clubbing in London, and Mark Pauline's robotic hand attachments. I used to know Mark back in the day, and it was inevitable that someone with that level of interest in robotics was going to end up with a cool prosthesis, having been silly enough to blow up his own hand during semi-nefarious SRL activities. The hard itself was actually semi-rebuilt with a toe or two so it has a pincer grasp, but he's had 'value-added' attachments made for shopwork and such.

If these intrigue you, do a google search on 'steampunk prosthetic' and you'll see some extraordinary creations--most are just conceptual but a few are the real deal i.e. not only 'functional' (many are just decorative) but also being used to replace an actual missing limb or hand, not to enhance a working one.

Mitzi

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Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 09:57:17 +0100
From: Larry Arnold <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Now that's what I call "disability art"

In pictures: Arty artificial limbs

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19477930

I have long thought, if you are going to have to use a prosthesis or aid you might as well make it beautiful as well as functional.

Larry

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