Abstract #3

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Abstract #3
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I wish I knew what this was. Photographed a number of years ago at a workshop in the remains of the old Gladding McBean workshop, which produced architectural terra cotta, including some quite substantial pieces for well-known buildings of the day. The disused design areas we had access to were a treasure trove of artifacts. I didn’t document this piece with a wider angle but it was mounted on what may have been a plywood board. I’m guessing it was maybe a foot across. I thought it looked like a painting.

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Is this a composite: No
Canon 5D, Canon 70-200 f/2.8 at 153mm, ISO 200, f/11, 1/4 sec. The right side had some sort of flange that looked like it would interlock pieces, and I coped the wood from the top and left and rotated it 180 and used it to cover up the bottom and right to make it look more like a wall hanging. Very minor tweaks in LR (updated version) before the PS work. A small amount of Nik Pro Contrast.

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It looks metallic, Diane, after that I’m clueless. I’m intrigued by how the darker areas go from looking raised at the top to looking indented towards the bottom.

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It was very likely a glazed ceramic piece – probably actually 3D as it looks. There are (or were) a lot of very strange and amazing artifacts in this place. I’m curious what has become of it. I think it’s so decrepit that insurance would forbid anyone being granted access, or the photo workshops would still be happening.