redesigning the human body project

For this i looked at reconnecting bones as a way to redesign the body.
I made bones by carving out bone like shapes into styrofoam and cast them in plaster. I choose these materials as the styrofoam is soft like the bone marrow and the plaster would create a hard enamel like the hard surface of bones.

unfortunatly the layer of plaster i coated the styrofoam in was not thick enough so it cracked in places and also if i was to do this again i would made the bones twice as big as some were to small and thin therefore easily broke.

 Upon my idea of reconnecting bones, i was also looking into how if bones were reconnected that would mean the muscles would be arranged differently in the body an therefore move differently. I had dyed string in beetroot juice ( for natual colours that would be similar to actual muscles) and intended on attaching these to the bones i created to show the new way the body would move but the bones were unfortunatly to fragile for this.

Interesting project even though it wasnt quite as a sucess as I hoped.