L'Escargot d'Hotteterre Sculpture The museum-like pedestal emphasizes the

The museum-like pedestal emphasizes the sacred and enigmatic nature of the piece

• Ceramic

12 × 3 × 12 cm | 5 × 1 × 5 in

A mechanical head of complex construction

as if it were a relic from a vanished civilization still holding untold secrets

L'Escargot d'Hotteterre Sculpture The museum-like pedestal emphasizes theThis 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