Stephanie Mahan Stigliano
Hand Games
Many of these pieces were inspired by hand games like Rock, Paper, Scissors or clapping games such as Miss Mary Mack and Bo Bo Ski Watten Totten. The gestures of the hands both communicate symbolically and refer to a figure without showing the entire human form.
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(Clockwise from top) Helping Hands, woodcut, edition of 20, 2007, $100. each. Clap Your Hands (detail) Carved wood Jacob's Ladder toy, 24 x 3 x 1.5," 1993. Bo Bo Ski Watten Totten, screen print, 10 x 20," 2002, edition of 10, limited quantity remains. Miss Mary Mack, set of 12 panels each 8 x 8," woodcut on panel, 2002, sold out edition. Rock, Paper, Scissors, woodcut, 2002, edition of 20, each 6 x 6," limited quantity remains.