Hands of Josephus IV, 2010

An altered series of books created from pages from Twenty Books of the Jewish Antiquities, The Life of Josephus and The Jewish Wars by Flavius Josephus, a first-century Jewish historian and Roman apologist, who witnessed the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD. Each page in each volume is hand-cut in the shape of a hand, sewn on multiple beaded cords, then attached to wire hand forms encrusted with beads. Four years in the making, there are five books in the series.

Hand cut pages altered from Twenty Books of the Jewish Antiquities, The Life of Josephus and The Jewish Wars Sewn into hand shaped wire glove dryers, on to beaded cords.

Unique, 4th in a series of 5 volumes.
10.5 x 4 x 15 inches