As Found, Eerie Antique Tintype Portrait of Girl Seated at Table lacquer box with dog and a long awaited one

and a long awaited one

they just make them feel all the more celebratory

The perfect addition to a collection of wonderful old brushes--or just a lovely object to set somewhere or hang on the wall

with that wonderful blue jacket

and as jumping off points for more  improvisatory creative play

As Found, Eerie Antique Tintype Portrait of Girl Seated at Table lacquer box with dog and a long awaited oneI've always got an eye out for old photographs made more interesting and evocative via the effects of time and think this tintype is definitely one of those. It makes me think a bit of little miss muffet sitting on her tuffet and then the spider coming along to cast her in its web, and also of a reflection captured in a shattered mirror. One of the things I like about this sort of photographic deterioration is that feels as if having emerged from