Building the models of the human hand

We built many  models of the human hands to achieve the best effects as possible. It was an inspiring but demanding experience for us.Firstly, we use cardboard, straws and string as the material to build our models as you can see in the picture/video. But there were some difficulties to grab objects and in hand’s movements  so we had to do some improvements to make the thumb work oppositely to the other parts of the hand. So we prepared another model with the string, as a tendon, placed on the  outer surface of  the thumb. Consequently it  brought great results. The hand worked more precisely and easily. 

Secondly to improve the flexibility of our models we experimented with silicon as the material and also place two rows of strings – one outside the hand and the second one into the silicon. Here you can see the final effects of our efforts.