[Sw-l] Refresh me, please...Can you respond with a photo?

Valerie Sutton sutton at signwriting.org
Thu Sep 4 20:14:09 UTC 2025


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September 4, 2025

Thank you, Adam, that is excellent information for finding photos of hands on SignBank.org, and one more …. Adam gave us lessons on SignWriting.org years ago - in 2010! So this has been documented for 26 years - Go to: https://www.signwriting.org/lessons/iswa/

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and you will find the Open Curlicue Hand Symbol with photos on:

https://www.signwriting.org/lessons/iswa/group05/01-05-041-01.html



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> On Sep 4, 2025, at 11:17 AM, Adam Frost <icemandeaf at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Another place I like to look at is https://www.signbank.org/iswa/ which also has the same photos of the handshapes.
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> Adam
>> On Sep 4, 2025, at 7:33 AM, Valerie Sutton <sutton at SIGNWRITING.ORG> wrote:
>> 
>> SignWriting List
>> September 4, 2025
>> 
>> Hello SignWriting List members, and AnnaGrace,
>> Thank you for this question. I will share now a series of messages that will help with this question. 
>> 
>> The question is: How do you find photos of all the hand symbols in SignWriting? There are several ways to do this.
>> 
>> Method One:
>> 
>> Download the book:
>> International SignWriting Alphabet
>> Manual 2: SignWriting Hand Symbols
>> 
>> https://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs10/sw0935_SignWriting_Hand_Symbols_ISWA2010_Sutton_Frost_2014.pdf
>> 
>> See pages 134 and 135
>> 
>> The handshapes are named:
>> 
>> Curlicue Open  01-05-041
>> and
>> Curlicue 01-05-042
>> 
>> Each page is filled with the rotations for each hand symbol.
>> 
>> Thank you, Adam Frost, for the photos!
>> 
>> 
>> <Valerie_Signature_5.jpg>
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>> 
>> Val ;-)
>> 
>> Valerie Sutton
>> sutton at signwriting.org
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>>> On Sep 4, 2025, at 6:54 AM, Ms. AnnaGrace <msannagrace20 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi All,
>>> 
>>> Refresh my memory -- could any of you reply with a photo of these two handshapes?
>> <Screenshot 2025-09-04 at 9.51.03 AM.png>
>> <Screenshot 2025-09-04 at 9.51.30 AM.png>
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>>> Thanks,
>>> AnnaGrace
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