Encased Forever (with Love), Mid 19th Century Ambrotype of Pink Cheeked Man in Marvelous Leatherwork Frame antique pewter mold and maybe the black dots

and maybe the black dots on the exterior are meant to evoke stars as well

10" diameter x 13 5/8" tall

perhaps the perfect not so stealthy hiding place for stashing one's life savings

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

with the heavy

Encased Forever (with Love), Mid 19th Century Ambrotype of Pink Cheeked Man in Marvelous Leatherwork Frame antique pewter mold and maybe the black dots(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