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A hand shaped bottle

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« on: December 08, 2012, 11:23:07 am »
Dear Charll,
I think that I did not express my mind correctly. The picture of my hand with the spread fingers was just to show that the skin is tapering between the fingers. Now, supposing that the mold was made that way, I mean to reproduce also that tapering (but frankly I have doubt regarding this) I think that such tapering should not be made that way. As you can see it is very thin at the end, it finish sharp as a blade, a bit strange. Anyway I am not expert, everything is possible. What is important is that the result is good.
I am wondering if the hand has some meaning, as the mudras in Buddhist iconography. Do you think it possible?
Giovanni
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