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For the "Eye" theme I've photographed an item that has been on my Macro Mondays "to do" list for a very long time: an Eye of Fatima pendant my mother brought along for me from a trip to Israel in April 1999. It's a handcrafted silver beauty made by Shimshon Ben-Yeheskiel of The Cardo Charm silversmith's in Jerusalem. To this day, my mother gets a Jewish New Year card by Shimshon's daughter Galit who is The Cardo Charm's artist in resident. The Eye of Fatima, also known as Hamsa, The Eye of Miriam (or Mary), or The Eye of the Goddess is a common symbol and talisman in North Africa and the Middle East, and it's believed to ward off the evil eye and jinns.
The "Eye" on my pendant is a round turquoise gemstone with a diameter of 0,7 cm / 0,27 inches (after all it's Monday and size matters ;) ). I've used my new Lensbaby SOL 22 to photograph the pendant. While this tiltable lens with a fixed aperture of F/3.5 isn't a native macro lens, I was very pleased to find out that I can turn it into a decent macro lens when I use the 16 mm extension tube which brings you very close to the subject. The SOL 22 has two inbuilt, flame-shaped (sort of) bokeh filters which you can push in front of the lens (only one, both of them, or none at all) and also rotate. These filters create a kind of stripy (difficult to describe) bokeh effect. Here, I hadn't pushed them fully in front of the lens, just a wee tiny bit, which created a nice 3D bokeh. Processed in DXO FilmLab and Analog Efex (for a slightly matte look).
HMM, Everyone, and stay safe and healthy!
Für das "Eye"-Thema habe ich ein Objekt fotografiert, das schon sehr lange auf meiner Macro-Mondays-To-do-Liste steht: Einen silbernen "Hand der Fatima"-Anhänger, den mir meine Mutter von einer Israel-Reise im Jahr 1999 mitgebracht hat. Das wunderschöne Stück wurde von Shimshon Ben-Yeheskiel von der Silberschmiede "The Cardo Charm" in Jersusalem handgefertigt. Bis heute erhält meine Mutter jedes Jahr zum jüdischen Neujahrsfest eine Karte von Shimshons Tochter Galit, die das Handwerk ihres Vaters fortführt.
Die "Hand der Fatima" ist ein in Nordafrika und im Mittleren Osten weit verbreitetes Symbol, das als Talisman zur Abwehr von Dschinns und des bösen Blicks verwendet wird. Bei meinem Anhänger ist das "Auge" ein kleiner runder Türkis, der von aufwendigen Verzierungen aus Silberband umgeben ist. Fotografiert habe ich den Anhänger mal nicht mit meinem Makroobjektiv, sondern mit meinem neuen Lensbaby SOL 22. Das mit einer festen Blende von F/3.5 ausgestattete und schwenkbare Objektiv ist zwar nicht als Makro ausgelegt, mit einem 16mm-Zwischenring kann man es aber als Makro nutzen und ist damit schon sehr nah am Motiv dran. Fest eingebaut im vorderen Element sind zwei flammenförmige Bokehfilter, die man wahlweise einzeln oder auch beide vor die Linse schieben und auch drehen kann, was einen streifigen Bokeh-Effekt ergibt. Hier habe ich beide Filter nur ganz wenig vor die Linse geschoben, was im unscharfen Bereich im Hintergrund einen schönen 3D-Effekt (finde ich) erzeugt hat. Entwickelt in DXO FilmLab und Analog Efex (für einen etwas weicheren, matten Look).
Habt eine schöne Sommerwoche, liebe Flickr-Freunde, und passt gut auf Euch auf!
The hamsa is believed to provide defence against the evil eye.
It is palm-shaped amulet which is popular throughout North Africa and the Middle East and due to this popularity, it is commonly used as a design for jewelry and wall hangings and depicts an open right hand clutching an evil eye! And you get two eyes on this amulet for the price of one!
For the Macro Mondays group theme of ‘Eye’.
Judaica Fiber Art Hamsa - Eye of HaShem. This Hamsa has a milifiori eye bead in the center representing the eye of G-d.
The Hamsa, the "Hand of God", also called the "Hand of Miriam", protects you and your home from the "Evil Eye". This 8 X 8.75" wall hanging is hand appliqued, hand beaded and hand quilted.
Beautifulness from crate for The Saturday Sale Official - SL. It is the Hamsa Set which would look beautiful in your home. Only at the mainstore.
Der Türbeschlag in der Collage rechts oben wird Hand der Fatima genannt und der Klopfer stellt sie ebenfalls dar.
The door fitting in the collage on the top right is called the Hand of Fatima and the knocker also represents it.
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Die Hand der Fatima ist einmal als Distanzgeste ein magisches Abwehrmittel, zum anderen ist es eine Segen spendende Hand, ein Symbol für Kraft und Glück.
The Hamsa is also variously known as the Hand of Fatima after the daughter of the prophet Muhammad.
The Hand (Khamsa), particularly the open right hand, is a sign of protection that also represents blessings, power and strength, and is seen as potent in deflecting the evil eye.
(Wikipedia)
The Hamsa Hand is an ancient Middle Eastern amulet symbolizing the Hand of God. In all faiths it is a protective sign. It brings its owner happiness, luck, health, and good fortune. The hamsa hand has a wide variety of different spellings which includes hamesh, hamsa, chamsa, and khamsa.
Hace mucho que tenía ganas de hacer estas manitos conocidas como "hamsas" que yo toda la vida les dije "Hamse"... y como la arcilla polimérica ni la toco... pensé... ¿Y si la hago con vidrio?.....
Obviamente tuve que recurrir a las manos maravillosas de Lis para que la corte... y este es el resultado!... Sinceramente me gusta bastante cómo quedó..., lo único que no sabía era cómo pintarla..., porque si la llenaba de burbujitas quizás no se iba a distinguir la forma...., asique opté por pintarla asi... :)
Es bastante grandecita... mide unos 11x8cm aprox., pero como es para decorar es un lindo tamaño.... Tenemos que intentar hacerlas más peques para collares...
Ésta por ser la primera va derechito para mi abue :) que la veo este sábado.
No puedo dejar de nombrar a mis GRANDES fuentes de inspiración en este tema...., GRACIAS por compartir vuestro arte... :) Ilil_ziv, Ronit Golan, Iris Mishly, Sigaliot Designs, Ruth Tarragno , Shay Aaron, Nogadin, Naamaza..., etc
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Our very first Hamsa ornament!!!! :) it's 11x8cm aprox...
I MUST say that this piece is inspired by great artist like: Ilil_ziv, Ronit Golan, Iris Mishly, Sigaliot Designs, Ruth Tarragno , Shay Aaron, Nogadin, Naamaza.. etc.. .... thank you SO much for sharing your art....., Day by day you inspire me so much....
Handmade by Lis and me, for more info please see my profile! :)
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You can chose between Monocolor version in gold and silver with 5 gems HUD or Multicolor version in gold, silver and copper with fixed gems (sapphire, ruby and emerald).
Hamsa (the Hand of Fatima) will protect you or it will make you more stylish and glam...
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The hamsa hand (Arabic) or hamesh hand (Hebrew) is an old and still popular apotropaic amulet for magical protection from the envious or evil eye. The words hamsa and hamesh mean "five" and refer to the digits on the hand. An alternative Islamic name for this charm is the Hand of Fatima, in reference to the daughter of Mohammed. An alternative Jewish name for it is the Hand of Miriam, in reference to the sister of Moses and Aaron.
The hamsa hand appears both in a two-thumbed, bilaterally symmetrical form, and in a more natural form in which there is only one thumb. There is good archaeological evidence to suggest that the downward-pointing protective hamesh / hamsa hand predates both Judaism and Islam and that it refers to an ancient Middle Eastern goddess whose hand wards off the evil eye.
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