Superheroes On The Line: A Journey Of Resilience
According to an artist Iantha Naicker: “After battling illness, I received a life-changing diagnosis: scleroderma. My disabled hands left me devastated, taking away my ability to draw and communicate through sign language. Continue reading »
The Holding Hands Mug: A Heartwarming Solution for Loneliness
Who wouldn’t want a little extra comfort and companionship while enjoying their morning coffee? The Holding Hands Mug offers just that, with its unique design featuring fingers that allow you to “hold hands” with your mug as you sip your favorite beverage. Continue reading »
Created from Light: Stunning Paintings by Zarina Situmorang
Self-taught artist Zarina Situmorang creates beautifully poetic oil on canvas paintings inspired by classic literature, psychology and light. Continue reading »
Artist Uses Her Hands As A Canvas To Show Her Hidden Worlds
Golsa Goldchini, an artist born in Tehran and now living in Milan, also creates art in an uncommon place. She paints miniature and realistic paintings on her own hands. Her art is very colorful and full of detail. The little paintings look like they’re popping off of her hand. Golsa creates all sorts of interesting art on unusual mediums, unleashing her creativity in many different ways. Continue reading »
Fabulous Hand Painting Art By Mario Mariotti
Though we sometimes forget, art doesn’t have to be sophisticated, or grand, or expensively made. Never was this more apparent than with the life’s work of the late Italian composer-turned-artist Mario Mariotti (1936–1997), who turned away from his considerable music career to make simplistic art on the most readily available medium: his hands. Continue reading »
Brooklyn-Based Photographer Hannah La Follette Ryan Has, For The Past 5 Years, Captured The Hands Of Passengers On The NYC Subway
In the days leading up to lockdown, she saw a lot of “hand sanitiser, disaster shopping and anxiety. When I took these photos, the public didn’t have much information about Covid-19 and you can see a fear of the unknown.” Continue reading »
Keep Calm and Wash Your Hands: Vintage Handwashing Propaganda Posters Between The 1920s And 1940s
Dutch diligence: this poster from the Netherlands says, “Paper is good but hand washing is better.” Judgy sandwich etiquette, but good advice.
Handwashing can help prevent illness. It involves five simple and effective steps (Wet, Lather, Scrub, Rinse, Dry) you can take to reduce the spread of diarrheal and respiratory illness so you can stay healthy. Regular handwashing, particularly before and after certain activities, is one of the best ways to remove germs, avoid getting sick, and prevent the spread of germs to others. It’s quick, it’s simple, and it can keep us all from getting sick. Handwashing is a win for everyone, except the germs. Continue reading »
People Are Doodling On Snake Pics And The New Scenarios Are Hilarious
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Some time ago a wise person decided to doodle hands on a cute pic of a snake he found. The result was so satisfying, he shared it on the internet. And then the doodle war began. Continue reading »
Handerpants: Underpants For Your Hands
People around the world really love to wear stupid things. Obviously, it was just a matter of time until someone decided to create underpants for hands and call them Handerpants. You can get this weird thing on Amazon and join thousands of people on Instagram who are coming together under #handerpants hashtag. Continue reading »
Cradled By Two Giant Hands, The ‘Golden Bridge’ In Vietnam Is Unlike Any Other
Two giant hands seem to suspend a golden pedestrian bridge which recently opened at the Bà Nà Hills mountain resort just outside of the city of Da Nang, Vietnam. Continue reading »
Get Your Hands On This Creepy Extra Body Part Jewelry
Tired of having a predictable number of body parts? Then perhaps you should check out artist Nadja Buttendorf’s creepy and wonderful fingerrings and earrings. They aren’t just rings that go on your finger and regular earrings – they’re replica fingers and ears that go on your actual fingers and ears. Continue reading »
Artist Born Without Hands Draws Beautiful, Hyper-Realistic Portraits
Polish artist Mariusz Kędzierski does things a bit differently. Continue reading »
Creative Photo Works Of Artist’s Hands Exploring Different Art Forms
A Jakarta, Indonesia-based creative, known as ‘ponypork’ on Instagram, constantly explores new ways to experiment with various art forms and self-expression, and visualizes his enticing journey through his unique, on-going photo series that literally depicts the concept of being “hands-on”. Continue reading »
Chinese Man Builds Himself Bionic Hands from Scrap Metal
Sun Jifa, a 51-year-old Chinese man who lost his hands while he was building a bomb for blast fishing managed to build himself bionic arms after 8 years of planning and creating many prototypes. He couldn’t afford hospital’s prosthetics limbs but still had to work on the family farm, so he decided to build his own, and 8 years later, this is the result. (365JiLin) Continue reading »
Hands Shadows by Lara Mendes
Lara Mendes: “Since a few years ago, I’ve been learning (by myself) tattooing. It’s a long journey but I’m giving a shot. Lately I’ve been working with an appointment system in a Tattoo Shop so, I’ve been creating original designs to call my customers. These are the last ones. Hand-shadows. Now i wanna get one in myself!!!” Continue reading »
Ubi-Camera Let’s You Take Photos With Your Hands
Researchers at the Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences are working on a device that allows you to take pictures using your hands. The small camera is attached to your thumb and let’s you frame shots using your fingers in the shape of a rectangle.
“When you draw a picture or take a photo, you sometimes form a rectangle with your hands to decide the composition. With this camera, you can take a photo using the exact same motion. You attach this device to your index finger, and form a rectangle with your finger like this. You take the photo by using the rectangle as the viewfinder, like this. When you push hard with your thumb, the shutter is pressed.”
Camera users fit the tiny square camera unit over a finger, then ‘frame’ shots using their fingers. Continue reading »
Photo of the Day: Hands On
By Thomas Hawk, from San Francisco, CA. Click to zoom.
Hands
The new Western Union print campaign for India called “Hands”.
Agency: McCANN WORLDGROUP, New Delhi
Client: Western union Money Transfer
Chief Creative Officer: Prasoon Joshi
Executive Creative Director: Ashish Chakravarty
Creative Director: Vineet Mahajan
Art Director: Shamim Ansari, Denzil Machado, Vineet Mahajan
Copywriter: Deepak Nagar
Account Supervisor: Zarwan Divecha
Illustrator: Pralhad Sawant, Kuldeep Soni, Pawan Gogna
Photographer: Kedar Malegaonkar
