I took my fascination with drawing hands one dimension further and created a sculpture of two hands in alabaster stone. Before I decided on a subject for the sculpture, I had a photo of my two hands that I used for a digital drawing hanging on my refrigerator, mostly because I get a good feeling from looking at it. I looked at every day for a few weeks, and then when the time came to decide on a form for the stone I was carving, the image of the two hands was fresh in my mind, and that’s what I picked. I wanted to tilt the hands so that the part of the palm closest to the wrist was a high point, to emphasize the hands were in an offering position, almost pushing any object they may hold toward the viewer standing in front of them. In contrast, I pictured a receiving or asking position would have had the part of the palm closest to the wrist in a lower position, in which the cup of the hands would have more space to receive a treasure in its grasp without dropping it. In the final product, the tilt of the palm and how it balances with the fingers is subtle, and the posture of the hands feels like holding something cherished.