Alex Mustard / Diver re-sharpens the points of his lionfish (Pterois volitans) hand spear. Lionfish are native to the Indo-Pacific, but introduced to the Caribbean Sea from aquariums, they are now widespread, abunda...

Gavin Hellier / Wat Pho, Reclining Buddha, 46 metres long made of brick plaster and Gold leaf, hand detail. The soles of the feet are inlaid with 108 lakshana, or auspicious images that identify the true Buddha craf...

Christophe Courteau / Close up of man's hand harvesting Pyrethrum, which refers to several Old World plants of the Chrysanthemum genus which are cultivated as ornamentals for their showy flower heads. Pyrethrum is also the...

Nick Turner / Workman next to infomation sign at wood recycling centre, where wood is made into soil conditioner, Gloucestershire, UK, February 2008.

Klaus Echle / Sooty hand holding charcoal made in a burner. Black Forest, Germany, July.

Pete Oxford / Huaorani Indian woman making a shigra. Shigras are hand-knotted bags made from a fibre extracted from a palm leaf. The fibre is dryed and sun bleached before being rolled into sting for either bags or...

Jeff Rotman / Tourist trinkets made from teeth of Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) held in the palm of a traders hand, South Australia.

Jeff Rotman / Bluewater hunter surfaces with giant Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus albacares) killed with a hand-made, 2m speargun, Mexico, Pacific Ocean.

Patricio Robles Gil / Young boy painting hand-made butterflies, Yucatan, Mexico

Niall Benvie / Detail of annular tree rings in a hand-made wooden box, Scotland.

Pete Oxford / Vaquero Simon Cedeño, San Ramón, nr Balsar coastal plain, Ecuador. Saddles in this region are hand made from a single piece of wood. 2005

Daniel Gomez / Blankets hand-made by Tarahumara natives, Chihuahua, Mexico.