I used to attend this meditation group which mostly involved meditating (weird, right?) but sometimes we’d do little projects. One meeting we made “Higher Hands” boxes, but I keep calling them “Helping Hands” boxes which I’m sure has absolutely nothing to do with Labyrinth.

The idea is that if something worries you, you write it on a slip of paper, put it into the box and forget about it because now it’s in higher (or helping) hands. I had a helping hands box around for a while and I actually found it kind of helpful in a silly little way. Anyway, the box has gone missing (probably wandered off when I moved) and a new random little box has come into my possession, so the obvious thing to do is make a new helping hands box.

It originally housed a paperweight. A couple in-progress shots:

I thought about making a video but I kind of worked on it haphazardly so … I didn’t. Here it is finished:

I put Buddha on the front because I find the image soothing and generally I’m going to the helping hands box in the first place because I’m stressed. I kept the inside simple:

In case you’re wondering, the gold is this sticky-backed glittery foam-type stuff I found in the kid’s section of the craft store (I had originally purchased a pack for an unrelated project). It’s frickin’ awesome. Although, due to its thickness, it’s hard to not get a thick seam-type thing going on. I suppose theoretically you could cut some kind of weird triangle-type piece to fill that gap, but who has time for that?? Not this girl. I don’t even have time to cut straight lines as you can see in the photo.

I suppose the ideal format for such a thing would be a box with a slot in it so you can just slip your worries in there but I kind of like slamming the box shut on them (my previous box was a hinged one as well).

Related posts:

1. I wrung my hands (journal vid)
2. sketchbook project: space
3. I Wrung My Hands
4. Altered Books
5. monthly project?

December 14th, 2010 |