Strange Inner Glow: Evocatively Degraded Ninth Plate Ruby Ambrotype of Baby antique wooden posts could stand for anywhere

could stand for anywhere

plenty of paint loss and separation of halves

it's an announcement of independence and singularity and an embrace of solitude

The large scale of the drawing lends each of the figures a substantial presence and sense of being specific individuals

And what a marvelous little building it is

Strange Inner Glow: Evocatively Degraded Ninth Plate Ruby Ambrotype of Baby antique wooden posts could stand for anywhereSuch a strange one! This is an foil wrapped, uncased 19th c. ruby ambrotype which, over time, has been transformed in what I find a quite evocative and rather otherworldly way, as if revealing this child's inner light (or its being consumed from within by a pear shaped ectoplasmic blob!) I especially love how the hand at left seems to grip and press into the side of the glowing form. There is no backing aside from a taped perimeter and the foil wrap,