The Tool of Tools by Christophe Kiciak

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\'The hand is the tool of tools.\' - Aristotle Our lives are full of tools, to the point no human being could exist without them. The whole civilization rely on them. Depending on the History period, or depending on the part of the world, they can be rudimentary (rocks, wheel, spear, bow, hammer, ...) or very complex (washing machines, cars, cameras, computers, ...). At first, we created them to serve us: easier and better food, more comfortable life, permit us to explore and adjust the environment to suit our needs. I sometimes have the strange feeling that tools are now becoming more important than the human beings themselves: they often decide what you should do instead of you. What first was an help is now leading. How do you have to dress today? Ask satellites and radars, they will tell you if you must put a jacket and take that umbrella. What do you must eat? Ask those blood analysis machines. Who do you must meet and marry? Submit your criteria, the great Internet will tell you. On a side note, this is actually how I exactly met my wife. This is nothing virtual: a computed algorithm decided of our fates. Note that I am not necessarily against this, I\'m simply observing. It just looks like a very ironical step of our evolution: our hands created what is now more important than us, in some way. Is it good, is it bad, am I saying total nonsense? I don\'t care that much about the answer, but these thoughts were a good occasion to grab my camera. Technically, these are all photos of my hands. I made 400 shots, and ended up using about 200 of them. I did not use any custom brushes: this method was not precise enough to my taste, so I just masked them all and organized everything on separate layers (around 570 of them). Each hand photo has been masked, resized, rotated, deformed when needed, (de)saturated, brightened and/or darkened, so that repetitions would not be too much visible. In order to help preparing the hands shots, I actually made a normal self portrait, which I used as a background to be covered with all the hands. I drew lines on it, to create supporting shapes and flows, and also used its natural shadows to emulate the depth of the original scene using all the small hands. I hope some will like it!

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Great photos from Kiciak get even better with our digital photo prints. Thanks to our reference-class printer Canon iPF 9400 with 12-color printing, the finest colors or shades of gray in the photo »The Tool of Tools« are preserved during printing. You decide for yourself the size, the cutout and the material.

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Our canvas prints of the motif »The Tool of Tools« are printed on high-quality canvas using high-end digital printers (Canon iPF 9400). The prints impress with the finest color nuances, large color space and UV resistance. They are hand-crafted onto real stretcher frames. And everything is guaranteed Made in Germany! Please note that under the product Art Print you can also order this motif printed on canvas without stretcher frame.

Framed Pictures

Pictures from Christophe Kiciak you can also buy framed. In addition to a variety of wood and aluminum moldings we also offer passe-partouts and various surface protection options. All frames are handmade in our own factory. Naturally all framings are Made in Germany. Individually framed, the picture »The Tool of Tools« really comes into its own!

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Our glass pictures from Christophe Kiciak are printed directly on glass for you. This creates noble pictures in a high-quality appearance. Rounded edges and a hidden mounting on the back complete the product.

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Aluminum composite panels consist of a sandwich construction of aluminum sheets (outside) and PVC material (inside). The picture »The Tool of Tools« is printed with an UV printing process. Thanks to the floating suspension, you can create a modern ambience in every home. Especially offices and shops benefit from the futuristic design.