​Emma Macleod is a sculptor who plays with the uncanny, the absurd, and the otherworldly, often with a touch of humour. Her work hints at the struggles of being human—feelings of tiredness, being stuck, or finding a way through. Her series Trapped Hands, includes detailed polymer clay hands that push through plaster batts, ranging from unsettling, limp hands to sweary gestures that feel playful and light-hearted.

Materials: Polymer clay, plaster & acrylic paint.

Year: 2023 - ongoing

Open varied edition.  Available at Duke of Westbarns and directly through the online shop

Trapped Hand Series

A white rectangular box with two human hands emerging through holes in its surface, sticking out from the middle of the box.
Two disembodied human hands reaching upward against a plain white background.
An art installation on a wall featuring two realistic sculpted children's hands protruding from a white panel.
A pair of disembodied human hands with visible fingers and nails, attached to arm stumps, mounted on a plain white wall.
Art installation with two small sculpted hands protruding from a white rectangular panel on a gray wall.
Two human arms protruding from a plain white wall, with hands reaching outward.
A white 3D wall art piece shaped like a human finger.
Mixed media artwork of a real human hand making a peace sign, protruding from a painted, stylized animal-like body on a white canvas.
A hand making the peace sign with two fingers, emerging from a flat surface, creating a shadow resembling an elongated oval.
An artwork on a gray wall depicts a human hand and arm reaching out from a hole, with the hand making a peace sign.
A close-up of a white textured surface with a realistic looking sculpture of a human hand making a 'rock on' gesture, with index and pinky fingers raised and thumb holding down middle and ring fingers.
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