Coming and Going: Old Double Handled Door Piece diamond pips New York and printed by

New York and printed by The New York Lithographing Co

and most with rings for hanging

from the details of his cap and upturned collar to the cane she holds

Handmade boxes with surprise carved snakes inside seem to have become a thing right around 1900

and I think one can really feel her presence as well as her hand when looking at this

Coming and Going: Old Double Handled Door Piece diamond pips New York and printed byOne more found object for the week, which I find hugely satisfying for some reason, I think as a wonderfully succinct distillation of ideas of coming and going and crossing thresholds, with a spring stretching down one side of it for some added tension! The turned nobs themselves are beautiful too, one extending further than the other as if gesturing forward (or backward) with extra determination. I would hang this on the wall just as I've documented