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This is the story of Mark Ho once worked for an animation studio and created a human like puppet model for them. Eventually he got the idea of creating the ultimate puppet, one which could duplicate the full range of human movement and it's grace.



As he continued to work in film he found it wasn't really what he wanted to do. Mark notes, “I finished my study and doubted my future as a director or scriptwriter. I learned that I like to work alone and to have total control. In the film industry you are dependent on crew, budget, producers etc. I decided to learn everything about metalwork. When I work with metal creating something from a to z, making even the tools myself, it is the ultimate work for me. It is a beautiful mix of precision, patience, skill and designing, and also that feeling to give shape to a material like metal.”



The puppet is built from 920 parts (101 for each hand alone), has about the same mass- and weight distribution as a human (the whole figure is 43 cm/6 kilos) and it took six years to build and now with all plans etc. He says in place it would take about five seven months to create another one. He plans to make a small series of 25 hand made versions and he also wants to do other objects.

This is incredibly beautiful and truely can show tons of human emotes. I just love the look but from a design perspective and the use of materials. Truly great art!
Its so artsy that it costs around 39000 to 50000 dollars for just one! Damn.. its just out of price budget!



Full story with more pictures

Labels: design, robot, toys