Sentences with word «planchette»
A planchette is a small, flat object that is used in a spirit board or Ouija board to communicate with spirits. It typically has a pointed end that is moved by the participants' hands to spell out messages or answer questions from the spirits. Full definition
couple of guys were playing planchette, calling spirit of GOD
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The hostess places the heart - shaped planchette in the middle of the board.
At the heart of the show, Larner's seventh solo show at Regen Projects, are 11 new wall - mounted ceramic sculptures as well as a large - scale, stainless steel X sculpture and the two planchette sculptures.
Dorothy Iannone And Her Friends Play The Ouija Board 1992 Gouache on cardboard and plastic planchette, 9 color copies mounted on cardboard, 4 b / w copies Box: 31.4 x 41.5 x 3 cm, dimensions variable
I don't know if you've ever experienced the power of a Ouija board, but it's basically a means of communicating with spirits / ghosts / entities by placing your hands on a planchette and moving it about the board to spell out messages (presumably from the dead).
«V (planchette)» (2014), whose smooth aluminum surface is painted a chalky black, swerves from wide at its base to slight at its middle and swells again at its top, resembling an hourglass shape when seen from a certain angle, whereas «X» (2013), is just that, in mirrored and polished stainless steel, with its thin, shiny strips arched upwards, criss - crossing parallel to the surface of the ground, each bending under like strange feet or paws to support itself.
Ken Goldberg: Ouija 2000, 1999, detail of splash page, ongoing Internet installation: industrial robot arm, digital cameras, custom software, Internet interface, Ouija board, and planchette, dimensions variable.