A bird in the hand is worth a flock on the wall

Shadow puppets are traditionally considered a form of entertainment, but there is no reason why they can’t be an art form as well.

Netherlands-based design group Plankton has given the timeless art new wings with Bird In Hand, a room light with a shade made up of sculpted hand shapes. Fashioned from Ecolotek (a durable, fully compostable material composed of hemp fibres, minerals and binder), the hand shapes rotate slowly casting shadowy images of birds in flight across the walls of the room.