Storyteller
“I never think of stories as made things; I think of them as found things. As if you pull them out of the ground, and you just pick them up.”
— Stephen King in Neil Gaiman’s The View from the Cheap Seats
Storyteller transmits meanings of hand-made things and their makers from around the world.
WoodPaperHand was created in part to share these stories from on-the ground communities with a global online community.
A tokonoma of hands
The tokonoma is among the most codified, concentrated representations of fusing art with life. But a tokonoma of the hands? Hands are integral to art and life. Hands create meaning and purpose . . .
When images write a wordless story, Storyteller invites you to share a word or image in response to what story the images transmit to you.
If you read a written story and associate it with other people, places or things, you are welcome to also share these.
WoodPaperHand also welcomes observations about the people, projects and things Storyteller features.
WoodPaperHand’s storyteller is Claire Cuccio. She incorporates the sites, scenes, portraits, voice, language and work of the hand based on workshop or studio visits, interviews, exchanges or other first-hand or face-to-face experiences
below • Zhang Qianqian 张千千 • incense burner, fired in Jingdezhen, China • housewarming gift for a temporary home • 2017 \ ||||
