Journaling Hands

I was impressed with artwork I saw being made for a mail art swap on atcsforall.com of hand shaped images. I was immediately drawn to the idea of having art that isn't the basic rectangle or square shape most paintings seem to be. Also, hands are so expressive. This leads well into artists expressing themselves. I was too late to join the swap, but decided I should still use the idea as inspiration for a personal project. Last year, I took on the challenge of scrapping every day of the year with a photo. This year I thought a hand shaped page every month for a journal reflecting on my year would be a neat new angle. I'm still working on March, but here are January and February. I included the back of February to show where all my journaling goes. I love the idea of the pages being so personal as to have the shape of the hands that make them. And I'm making myself handwrite all the journaling instead of typing. Again more personal, even if my handwriting is nothing to brag about.

January

February

February back