This chunky bangle is 3D printed in smooth, creamy-white nylon plastic with a soft sheen, like sculpted marble. The wrist opening is a soft teardrop shape, with the point facing up. Around the outside of the bracelet are three or four overlapping layers of feathers, like a wing. The feathers are smooth, with rounded, tapering tips. The feathers are longer at the top of the bracelet and gradually grow shorter toward the bottom. The inside of the bracelet is smooth and unsculpted.

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Object Timeline

2012	Work on this object began.
2016	We acquired this object. We photographed this object. We photographed this object. We photographed this object.
2017	We photographed this object. We photographed this object. We exhibited this object.
2018	We exhibited this object.
2024	You found it!

Wing Bracelet

This is a Bracelet. It was designed by Arthur Hash. It is dated 2012 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is nylon. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

While most CAD based software is driven by data and number entry, Hash instead used haptic-sensitive hardware and organic modeling software to digitally “sculpt” the design for this 3D-printed wearable cuff. This allowed him to generate geometry and forms through subtle movements of the mouse and varying pressures of a stylus nib.

This object was donated by Susan Lewin. It is credited The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 8.2 × 13 × 13 cm (3 1/4 × 5 1/8 × 5 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Unmarked

Cite this object as

Wing Bracelet; Designed by Arthur Hash (American, b. Panama, 1976); nylon; H x W x D: 8.2 × 13 × 13 cm (3 1/4 × 5 1/8 × 5 1/8 in.); The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum; 2016-34-39

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibitions Rebeca Méndez Selects and Jewelry of Ideas: Gifts from the Susan Grant Lewin Collection.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/R36A2/
Accession Number 2016-34-39
Object ID 554917321