METACARPUS

Conceptual jewelry

METACARPUS (GRADUATION 2022)

As Humans we have evolved over time and are now slowly outgrowing our physical shells and mental capacities. We have satisfied the basic needs of being Human, and are now looking for more…

In the new challenging worlds of tomorrow, we will adapt and transcend our physical and mental abilities. New desires arise around the body which is not only serving practicality anymore…

DISTAL circa 3021

Innovation is at its highest peak and becoming ultra-productive is the goal of our society. The idea of consuming data and producing tasks faster and more efficient became an obsession.

Humans became enslaved by machines and their thirst for over achievement. We witnessed a shift in technology as well as in their aesthetically forms. The desire to become one with the machine increased more and more.

‘DISTAL’ is a tool that helps humans connect more efficiently to technology and realise their dream of ultra-productivity. ‘DISTAL’ is an articulated silver extension for the hand allowing to operate more precisely and perform at an higher speed. Humans can now transform into machines.

PALMAR circa 5543

The Earth resources have now been fully exploited which resulted in extreme climate changes: Violent storms, drastic temperatures, water scarcity.. Conditions became unfit for Humans, Who were forced to seek shelter on the outskirts of Earth.

Refuge is found in the high skies and in the depth of Earth’s ground. Humans started to build in The stratosphere which provided clean air, developing a world above 10.000 meters.

Others started to dig in the layers of the Earth, In search of soil charged with nutrients, to fuel their body and infrastructures.

With the world going back to a wilder stage, Humans had to bring back their primal instinct to survive. ‘PALMAR’ is an organic extension that triggers our primal instinct and transforms the Hands into powerful paws; which allow Humans to walk, run and hunt on four legs again.

Awakening our primitive forces.

HAMATE circa 8002

99,2% of all jobs and daily routine tasks have been automated, nothing is done by hand anymore, machines operate every detail of our lives.

With abandoning the manual function of our hands The hands became one of the most precious and sacred part of our Human body. It now is the symbol for the Human revolution; turning from creatures of labor into being of thoughts.

The hands became the heart of all our senses ‘HAMATE’ is a series of permanent implants that allow the brain to feel through the hands, low and high frequencies that were previously unreachable for Humans. Echolocation, Universal telepathy, Communication through vibration, became new skills that can be shared simultaneously between all Human beings.

ISOLATION

Costume design, Research

STEFAN BOERKAMP