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The downcast gaze and furrowed face suggest both the weight of pain and a serene acceptance
12 × 3 × 12 cm | 5 × 1 × 5 in
A mechanical head of complex construction
• Blank product components in the EU sourced from Japan and Latvia
as if the machine had learned to pause and listen
L'Escargot d'Hotteterre Sculpture The downcast gaze and furrowedThis mechanical snail, with its red shell and articulated body, is a sculptural reinterpretation of the famous mechanical snails designed by Hotteterre, a character born from the imagination of Francesc Grimalt. It is an impossible, solemn creature whose slow movement seems to carry fragments of the past and a quiet promise of endurance. Sculpture modeled in clay, carved plaster, and repurposed objects; reproduced in resin. Painted with shellac, chalk
