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The Alternative Limb Project
Trained in special effects prosthetics, Sophie de Oliveira Barata sees the creative potential in prosthetic limbs. She started the Alternative Limb Project to offer people with amputations a personalized solution. Barata’s prosthetics are designed to stand out, rather than blend in -- the wearable art pieces drive conversation and positive self-expression for the differently abled.
YouJustActivatedMyTrapCard
This is fucking rad. What a cool job.
ecolitalk
"high end" = only accessible to the rich
GoodKingFuzzwumps
I always wanted to get like a dragons foot if I ever needed a pegleg.
MadMupp
If it were me I would have put the clock in upside down so that it was the right way up for the wearer when they look at it.
FuckGlitter
It's like a tattoo, you want it facing the viewer generally speaking.
BitchButcher
Didn't look that functional when she was walking a step in the wooden clocktower. But looks dope!
TAYLORSWlFT
NotNotDeadpool
Does the trigger require kegal exercises?
loveandrockets
My Dad is an amputee. Growing up in the 80's he had scantily clad women laminated on his wooden leg.
iBoulderDash
Maybe this is because I'm more of a practical kind of guy, but why would I need a cuckoo clock in my prosthetic leg?
Redandpurpleunicorns
Snack compartment.
SpaceEagle63
Looks like someone may be an Outer Limits/Harlan Ellison fan.
munkis
Having worked in special effects, that shit is janky. Holds together juuust long enough for the shoot.
AllHailTheMoose
That must cost an arm and a leg
Witcher187
#dream job
SomeDetroitGuy
THOSE ARE AWESOME
willparry79
Those prosthetics look like they cost an arm and a leg though
Rustmyer
Supply and demand.
SirChadwellHeath
Imnormal
If I lose a leg I'm coming to her for my pirate peg.
Snuggelapolous
I'd kinda rather have a pirate peg than a regular leg.
WhiskyJet
pirate peg, rather kinky I say.
AlmightyThor117
She could outfit a concealable peg on the peg leg like the bird
MyAssholeSpeaksFrenchLikeBillyCorganOnARollercoaster
I'll peg you while wearing an eyepatch. Hit me up.
thegrimreaver
A leg for pegging, you say?
casbott
Decades ago, I was in physio (relearning to walk), and a few amputees has printed fabric patterns over their limbs that look cool.
BelgiumWaffleBreaker
Wow no Full Metal Alchemist gif I'm surpised
pazooPositivityPlayer
I wonder if she does them qfor kids becuse one of those would really brighten a kids mood
AdrianDunne
If I lose a leg I know what I want:
Fistouille
Now do it with ugly people please
DontKnowTheSource
Automail in the early days. Can't wait to sacrifice my brother to get an arm and a leg!
FractalChainsaw
Is it time to develop some clock-knee rhyming slang?
Leevalleyoftheshadowofdeath
Barbosa rum leg
SheTurnedMeIntoANewtButIGotBetter
So, tell me. What's become of my ship ?
DukeSamuelVimes
This is cool and all, but I have literally never seen a person with a prosthetic (and I've met like three of them) being met with pity.
DukeSamuelVimes
Awkward curiousity? Yeah. A strange sense of awe. But seeing a guy with a fake leg is different from seeing a guy in a wheelchair, and I
DukeSamuelVimes
don't think most people (or grown up adult) start getting very emotional over the latter. Also, prosthetics are always cool and interesting
DukeSamuelVimes
art is nice and all, but it's hard to push the celling on the curiosity and interest of seeing a mechanical metal leg or arm.
Mou5e
I appreciate the aesthetic, but we really want utility. Put in a Swiss army knife, hidden flask, and a power bank with a solar charger.
Adthay
a couple of them are blutooth controlled from the shoes with simple movement
Redandpurpleunicorns
Seconded, please also add snack compartment and a response card to commonly asked questions.
mikeatike
A clock in the knee. "Oh, thats neat I guess." Bird pops out. "Holy fucking shit."
MarielleCandan
Is that a bird in your pants or are you just happy to see me?
YourFriendlyNeighbourhoodEcologist
Righht? ahahah
Topedo
I was an adventureer like you once. Then I took a clock to the knee.
mikeatike
You were clocked in the knee?
Tryingmybestsorta
Sparrow to the knee
TheWonderfulWizardOfOs
If I lost a limb, I'd definitely want something with hidden compartments for pens, wallet, dice, battery bank, etc
Redandpurpleunicorns
Snack compartment? Snack compartment. Also if dice, do you roll limb and open dice compartment or just take the dice out?
TheWonderfulWizardOfOs
I would definitely want it to function like a dice tower. Put your hand or foot down in a certain way and clink, clink, clink, d20!
Redandpurpleunicorns
Ooh organised slots so you can just flick open D4, D6, etc and just whack em out like a pez dispenser
Notgonnasaynobut
Why mot throw a spanner in the works
MaxweIIhaus
I've seen enough cyberpunk to know where this is going.
giveittomestraightlikeapearcidermadefrom100percentpears
Penis clipping through your jeans? Oh wait, no sorry. I know what you're talking about now.
Imakethingsweird
NarratesTheDarkerStory
I've seen enough random clocks in wood to know Steampunk
NotNotDeadpool
I'm on board. Not sure I need mantis blades. But I'd love a heads up display.
Vortexhelios320
THIS! They can do it with just an advanced contact lens. To, y'know, save you from needing to lose an eye.
NotNotDeadpool
Nah fuck that. I already need glasses. And Eyes with an optical zoom? FUCK yes.
ChemicalG
Theres comtact lenses for that too
LocalZoophile
I want eyes like Batou's
NotNotDeadpool
I'd like some Kyoshi Optics
simplefishy
Ginoawesomesauce
BUT AMERICA HAS THE BEST HEALTHCARE IN THE WORLD, RIGHT? RIGHT!
asianmilkspray
Is this the guy that played chess with that redhead?
OneGuyWithSixGuns
Sauce?
SnakeonaSegway
I'm wheelchair dependend, this is so f*cking relatable!.
sordatos
With the maintenance and issues with getting parts this looks cool but unnecessarily expensive and complex
Ymris
I could easily say the same about high heels and men's suits.... your point?
sordatos
Nice dubious comparisons, heels and suits are not complex mechanism that are needed to counter a disability. My brother has used one
Ymris
They are complex mechanisms, That *aren't* needed, just like the above commenter was saying that the fantasy limbs aren't needed...
Ymris
But no-one *says* that about them, they are normalized... and honestly I don't support having it both ways... either it's OK for...
Ymris
Everyone to adorn themselves in whatever over-the-top complicated way they want, or it's not OK for anyone...
sordatos
For almost 20 years, those look neat but at the rate you need to change parts, completion they something do something unexpected..
sordatos
This are looks over functionality.