Helping hands

Last year, i was enrolled in a Sculpture class. i had planned to make two hand sculptures that i would mount on the wall and use as quirky and functional artwork. i built a base of galvanized wire and chicken wire, and the next step was to cover them in strips of burlap coated in plaster.

Sadly, the plaster building step turned my lovely wire hands bulky and misshapen. So, i did what any passionate artist would do: i smashed them into pieces and started over.

i did my best to bend the wire forms back into their original shapes and then covered them with masking tape. They're not perfectly symmetrical and kind of remind me of mummy hands, but they're handmade! (Get it?)

Afterwards, i mounted one in the bedroom to hang my necklaces on and to be my sunglasses holder.

And the second one is mounted in the bathroom to hang my hair scarves and bandannas on.

Failure is not a option for this kitty.

Here's to never giving up on crafts in the future!