The Examined (Series The Check-In)

By Indian design studio, Claymen.

Somewhere between here and there, with baggage that’s mostly emotional. These claymen figure sculptures emerge from a careful observation of the common man and his dilemmas.

Claymen in motion, in waiting, in between. We’re all between somewhere and something. Between meetings. Between feelings. Between arrival and departure. Claymen are no exception. They’re between states of being. mid-thought, mid-motion, mid-emotion.
They haven’t quite arrived. They haven’t fully left. Some are still in crates. Others sit quietly on shelves marked “fragile.” A few have wandered out, unsure where to go. None are fully settled. All are somewhere between. These aren’t just characters in transit. They are metaphors in motion, still unpacking what it means to be.