Art Advantage Right Hand Mannequin

In my opinion, all hand mannequins with the typical two joint thumb are largely useless. With out the joint where the thumb meets the wrist, you end up with an ornamental decoration rather than a useful art tool. If you just want something artsy to put on a shelf to class up your pad or studio, this works great. It is made of nice clear grained wood and acceptable varnish finish. The base has a felt disc so it won't scratch anything.

All of the of the "Art Advantage" hand mannequins I've seen on Amazon fit the "two joint thumb" description.

To illustrate the limitation, make a fist with your own hand...thumb on the outside like you're going to punch something....see that, the two jointer's can't do that. Now, make a fist with your thumb tucked inside your fingers. That it will do. Now, note how the base of your thumb is pinned against your hand. That is the fixed position of these mannequins.

The joints where the fingers meet the palm cannot be rotated despite appearing to be ball joints. Attempting to rotate them will result in the sound of wood starting to crack. So you cannot spread the fingers into any natural hand positions other than that of the retail photo used for the listing. They just "sprout" straight out of the palm and a are fixed.

It may be possible to peel away the felt to access the mechanism to loosen the spring that holds the fingers to facilitate spreading the fingers, but I haven't messed with it since the thumb is beyond help.

Bought this locally at the art store. The photo as shown in this product listing looks like the one in the store. I was able to return it.

It works fine for basic poses. However, the fingers/thumb has a limited range in motion. If you wanted to make a tight fist, you can't do it with this mannequin. If you wanted to do sign language handshapes as models to draw upon, this mannequin falls short.

My advice, go to your local art store and try out a couple of poses you want to model.

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Probably should be less than 3 stars because the pinky finger broke off after moving it 3 or 4 times. But seeing as how I'm gluing all the fingers in certain spots anyways 3 stars is appropriate in my case.

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