by Marja-Leena 
the artist’s hand with ammonite
Another of the hand-with-objects images originally created for qarrtsiluni’s worship issue.
The others in the series:
the artist’s hand with kelp
the artist’s hand with stones
the artist’s hand with physalis
artist’s hand with pen, part of the series but not in qarrtsiluni
Added March 4th: I happened across another hand-with-object I had forgotten from two years ago. For this grouping I think I shall call it artist’s hand with heart.
by Marja-Leena 
the artist’s hand with kelp
Another from the small series of scans of my hand with various objects which were originally created for qarrtsiluni’s worship issue.
Here are the others I’ve posted should you have missed them, with more to come later:
the artist’s hand with stones
the artist’s hand with physalis
artist’s hand with pen, part of the series but not in qarrtsiluni
by Marja-Leena 
the artist’s hand with stones
Last fall I created a series of scans of my hand with various objects for qarrtsiluni’s worship issue. To my great pleasure, all five images were published but when I wrote about it here, I posted only one of the images, the artist’s hand with physalis. Now I’m thinking I should make a home here for the others, featuring them one at a time over the next while.
Related images:
artist’s hand with pen
bones, stones and fossils
an early scan of a physalis, minus the hand
by Marja-Leena 
the snow is still crisp and crunchy
such amazing blues in the afternoon sun
by Marja-Leena 
about 4:45 pm. January 14th as the melting snow rivulets begin to freeze
above and below, about 9:45 am. January 15th before the melt
Though the ice melted, the snow remained crunchy underfoot as it remains cold and clear and going down to -5C (23F) tonight. Winter’s beauty – may it last a little while.
PS. Speaking of which, you may enjoy watching these crazy Finnish men fishing under ice. Thanks, Anita!
by Marja-Leena 
A turban squash, that is. Today’s much-missed glorious sunshine tempted me and my cameras into action to capture this gorgeous vegetable which has been gracing our kitchen counter over the holidays and will soon be eaten.
Compare these to some earlier squash photos: green globe and cucurbita.
by Marja-Leena 
So humble looking, this fresh gingerroot, yet so tasty in so many ways as a delicacy, as medicine, and as a spice. Ginger is the rhizome of the plant Zingiber officinale. The etymological origin is from Tamil: inji ver. So that’s where its Finnish name inkivääri comes from, I always wondered. I also did not know that turmeric and cardamom are members of the same plant family, all are favourites in my kitchen.
by Marja-Leena 
artist’s hand with physalis, first published in qarrtsiluni
Hands have been a major preoccupation of mine as I once wrote about here. When qarrtsiluni put out a call for submissions on the theme of worship, I began to think of the meaning of that word in a somewhat less than usual religious context.
I was inspired once again by the idea of how my hands are so much a part of me as a human being and as an artist, not just for the act of creating art but also for holding, observing and treasuring special found objects. I started to explore this idea by scanning my hand as if in the act of drawing, rather like when I had photographed my hand some years ago. I continued to make a small series of scans of my hand holding certain objects that are precious to me, as if in worship of those small things that make up this world we live in. I submitted several of these to qarrtsiluni’s guest editors and was thrilled when they were all selected.
These are now up today, including the image above. I hope you enjoy the artist’s hand as well as the other marvelous entries in qarrtsiluni’s worship issue.
P.S. Editor Dave Bonta told me that this is my 16th post at qarrtsiluni. I cannot believe it and must check out the archives in the author index.
P.S.2: Here is an earlier scan of a physalis, a favourite of mine.
by Marja-Leena 
from the kitchen… a world in a vegetable…
