Encased Forever (with Love), Mid 19th Century Ambrotype of Pink Cheeked Man in Marvelous Leatherwork Frame antique pewter mold with no real hands in

with no real hands in sight

documents a medal-winning display of "Double Expansion Twist Shuttle Spindles" (used for weaving on a loom) at the Mechanic's Fair in Boston

this one a desk lovingly made of cigar box bits and pieces

with the heavy

such that they've got lots of room to roll around

Encased Forever (with Love), Mid 19th Century Ambrotype of Pink Cheeked Man in Marvelous Leatherwork Frame antique pewter mold with no real hands in(Photos do no justice, this is all about presence, and all those layered bits of leather are much more beautiful in hand.) Anyway I had to live with this special one for a while; I had a deep, very visceral response to it when first I saw it, and still do as much a thing to feel as to look at it. (And smell that leather, too!) Our pink cheeked fellow is forever enclosed here (I want to say encrusted, too), with leather bits overlapping the cased