I Hold My Magic

Posted on Instagram on November 7, 2019

Hands have always had a lot of meanings for me, and I have always been fascinated by them.
From Mudras to the grace of the hands painted by Sargent, through ex-voto, and my own representations of them in my drawings and, after, in my jewelry.
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One of the main meanings I attribute to them is the feeling of being held, being safe. The earrings I made that I wear the most are pink tourmalines with hands dangling from them.
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This hand here is in a way part of my family of hands, if I can call it this way.
First came the "hold my hand", bigger hands, easy to reach and hold in times when you need comfort.
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This hand here belongs to a different stream. This hand holds something.
It's part of what I hope will become a line of hands, each holding a different meaning.
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In this case, it's an affirmation, a recognition of the magic we carry inside. It's opening our eyes to it, saying it out loud, and, by doing this, using it more.
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It's made from my original using the sand casting technique. I get a very rough shape from it, so that then I have to put a lot of work in shaping each finger and "posing" it - which is what I want, because I want each one to be unique.
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This one is a silver and copper alloy, with a light pink tint, and sterling and fine silver accents.
It holds a labradorite, the stone of magic.