The Collection now contains
247 hands from around the World.
Newly found hands are;
- Praying Hands, Mountain of Faith, Magaliesburg, South Africa
- Colourful Hands, Tehran, Iran
- Monument to Workers, Muscat, Oman
- Hand Holding Conventional Handset, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Peace Sculpture, Queens Park, Wanganui, New Zealand
- "Nothing is impossible", Brunn am Gebirge, Austria
- Hand Holding a flute, Huriel, France
- Giant Wooden Hand, Haus der Flüsse, Havelberg, Germany
- Conducting Hands, Lahr, Germany
- Praying Hands Mural, Athens, Greece
- Tree of Life, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
- Golden Forks/Hands, Kiev, Ukraine
- Hand Holding Flower, Pacem in Terris, Warwick, NY, USA
- Pair of Hands, Pacem in Terris, Warwick, NY, USA
- "Open Hand, Open Mind, Open Heart", San Antonio, TX, USA
Praying Hands, Mountain of Faith, Magaliesburg, South
Africa
A pair of praying hands at the Mountain of Faith (open air
Church?), Magaliesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
Credits:
willi1 (an
active member of Google Earth Community Forums) who found the location of this hand.
Thank you Willi.
Colourful Hands, Tehran
Colourful Hands near Kordestan Expy. overpass above 23rd St.
near Yousefabad, Tehran, Iran.
Monument to Workers, Al Khuwayr South, Muscat, Oman
Located at the Taimur Mosque Roundabout, Al Khuwayr South,
Muscat, Oman.
Image from defunct Panoramio is by reydelparamo. Available now at
web.archive.org
Hand Holding Conventional Handset, Colombo
A giant hand holding a handset of a conventional telephone
set, located in front of the Sri Lanka Telecom Office, Colombo.
Image from
Flickr is by
TrenchcoatJedi
Google Street View
Credits:
krenek (an
active member of Google Earth Community Forums) who informed me about this hand.
Thank you Krenek.
Peace Sculpture, Queens Park, Wanganui, New Zealand
The peace sculpture, dedicated to “the promotion of a culture
of peace and non-violence for the children of the world” - a spiral ascending
walkway with its wall having 6000 cast in clay handprints from newborns to
elderly. The ceramic work was created by local potter Ross Mitchell-Anyon.
A close-up view;
"Nothing is Impossible", Brunn am Gebirge, Austria
A giant hand with a car in its palm, at a roundabout in Brunn
am Gebirge, Austria. The text on the hand translates as "Nothing is Impossible".
It is an artwork of kunstfelsen.at / Stone Age Art Studio.
Credits:
willi1 (an
active member of Google Earth Community Forums) who informed me about this hand.
Thank you Willi.
Hand Holding a flute, Huriel, France
Located on a roundabout in Huriel, France.
Giant Wooden Hand, Haus der Flüsse, Havelberg
A giant hand at the Haus der Flüsse (House of Rivers),
the Information Centre and theme park of the UNESCO biosphere reserve of Middle
Elbe, Havelberg, Germany.
Image from
Google+ Photos is by
Silk Gruner
Google Maps (Likely location)
Conducting Hands, Lahr, Germany
This sculpture called "Dirigierende Hände" (Conducting
Hands) is located in a fountain at the WHL University of Applied Sciences, (WHL
Wissenschaftliche Hochschule), Lahr, Germany. Made of burned clay, it was
created in 2001 by Gerald Matzner.
Credits:
Praying Hands Mural, Athens
Created by Pavlos Tsakonas and Manolis Anastasakos, this huge
mural on the wall of Hotel Vienna, Athens is officially titled "He, is praying
for us". Though inspired by Albrecht Dürer's "
Praying
Hands", the folded hands are pointed down instead of up towards the sky;
perhaps implying that "HE" is praying for Greece.
Credits:
willi1 (an
active member of Google Earth Community Forums) who informed me about this hand.
Thank you Willi.
Tree of Life, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Памятник Древо Жизни (Drevo Zhizni Sculpture) (Tree of Life)
- A large white hand rising from the ground supporting a tree, West Stachki Ave,
Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia.
A similar sculpture "
Caring
Hand" can be seen at Glarus, Switzerland.
Golden Forks/Hands, Kiev
The sculpture “Forks at a fork” is located in front of one of
the beer restaurants in Kiev. It consists of two golden forks whose teeth have
been bend to represent fingers. The thumb and fore fingers of one fork have been
folded in to a circle to display OK sign. While the thumb of the second fork
points towards the restaurant. The 4 metres tall sculpture is an artwork of V.
Belokon and was installed in April 2011.
Hand Holding Flower and Pair of Hands, Pacem in Terris, Warwick, NY
"Pacem in Terris" (Peace on Earth) is a
trans-religious space and sculpture garden created by Dutch-born artist
Frederick Franck who made the grounds of his home public. It is full of
sculptures spread along paths in the wooded grounds.
There are (at least) two sets of hand sculptures in the
premises.
One set shows a hand of metallic sheet holding a metallic
flower.
Image from
Google+ Photos is by
Craig McKay
The other sculpture shows two hands; one hand is in
negative shape (cut-out) and the other hand is in positive shape with hole in
the palm.
Image from
Flickr is by
Elisa
Google Maps (Approximate
location)
"Open Hand, Open Mind, Open Heart", San Antonio, TX
32-foot tall orange coloured open hand, known as the "Open
Hand, Open Mind, Open Heart" is dedicated to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Made of
perforated steel & metal tubing, the open hand with has two 5-foot diameter
openings. Located at Pittman-Sullivan Park, which is venue of city’s annual
Martin Luther King, Jr. March and commemoration, it is an artwork by
Boston-based artist Douglas Kornfeld.
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