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With a very one on one focus, it’s
hard for Sophie to branch further
afield than the UK, but with recent
contact from people across the
globe, the idea of doing things
overseas really excites her. “I got
an enquiry from Papa New Guinea”
Sophie laughs, “but that didn’t
really come to anything. A clinic
in Dubai got in touch and I thought
that would be really cool! There’s
certainly scope to go global, I just
don’t have anyone over the globe
that can touch base with clients for
me, so that limits me somewhat. It’s
just about working out how to do it.”
After taking the most minimal
amount of time off for her recent
arrival of a little baby, Ms Barata
is already back to work creating
her next piece, an alien vs predator
leg, something else for the world to
marvel at.
photo credits: Alternative Limb Project
have a conversation and open it up
to the general public as well.”
Next on the agenda, the chandelier
leg, yes, chandelier. Sophie’s recent
project for Paralympian Steph
Reid, Steph was also the face of
Debenhams diversity campaign.
“Steph gave me one of her old
running blades and asked me to
do something fun with it as she’s
gone into modeling for a bit. I’ve
done some laser cut Perspex mirror
shards that are all contoured around
her socket, they are going to reflect
everything that is around her, and
it will look like a chandelier on the
bottom of her leg.” Sophie’s really
into changing and playing around
with the diversity of the prosthetic,
with others focusing on how to
make prosthetics as real to life as
possible, “I’m not really interested
in that, its more a case of using the
space in a different way and almost
like treating it as an accessory I
guess, so like the speakers or secret
compartments, even a sat nav!”