Challenge Project: Hands Against Time

I thought the latest theme was pretty amazing and I thought of my immediate ancestors, but the primitivity of more distant ancestors called to me and I thought of cave art.

I looked long and hard for the right cave art to inspire my piece, but even though I selected some samples, nothing really worked for me. What kept cropping up was the hand-print signatures left on the walls, some prints, some silhouettes. Charcoal black or ochre red, the oh so human, I Made This, or even just, I Was Here.

I'd picked up a book for a friend years ago that had an incredible picture of a wall stamped in red hands. I was very moved by it then, but had basically forgotten about it till this challenge.

So I decided to do hand prints on a rock wall. I bought some awesome beads for a closure and edged it in little bones-- I love edging! The cuff is wide, at 3 and 3/8th inches (8.5cm) the widest yet from thebeadedlily and will fit up to a 6 1/2 inch wrist. The closure is loop and bead-- the bead being a fascinating combination of bone and stone.

It's a 2-drop peyote tapestry depicting 7 ochre hand prints on a cave wall and is edged in a primitive style with bone. It's a major statement piece for anyone who loves art and its history.

The first shot is against a cave art backdrop from Dawn of Art: The Chauvet Cave. Note the trueness of the cave colors in the cuff! The mosaic has a shot of the back of the cuff-- mirror image to the front.

I hit the front page again last night! Whoo! I was an alternative in muntedkowhhai's treasury heather blues and when it hit the FP admin slipped me in! I was there for about 20 minutes! I got about 100 views which is awesome. 4 shop and 4 items hearts-- 2 hearts(1 shop and 1 item) every 5 minutes. Nice! And as slow as views are on Etsy right now, my front page appearances feel so good.