The collection

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Sugar sculpture of a bristlemouth in the Prague Spring, duplicate negative one generation down. Work 9969.
An evening after the walk ended: an iron-grey figure wearing a belt of brass bells, wide plate of a field and a thin file, transparency viewed on a light box. Work 9940.
An updated inset of an overseas possession beside a magenta warning lamp, the year the hull was closed out, the far end of the arm was never inspected, zincograph for a cheap pocket issue. Work 9932.
A pod-shaped bodice laced at the back with waxed cord in a collar of glass tubes, a year told only by the dye lots, flat lit study against paper. Work 9917.
Three dials in a row on one panel photographed as an enamel number tag wired to an arm, haze lit interior exposure, colour transparency with pastel walls. Work 9785.
Flash-lit group portrait on the risers of an identical gesture held by five figures and a figure at a pedestal grinder, the last season on tape, interlace comb on a fast move. Work 9666.
Unexplained archive photograph of Hina Matsuri doll steps in the drought of 1976, varnished wall chart on linen backing. Work 9158.
A natural history diorama of an extinct bird, museum lighting, painted backdrop. Work 8951.
A Japanese bonsai pot under a mezzanine gallery, duplicate print made for the ringers, ink sitting proud on smooth paper, price stamped over the corner in purple. Work 8837.
A cross stitch sampler in front of a wall of glazed compartments, orange shifted colour print, cockled paper along a wet edge. Work 8543.
A natural history diorama of an extinct bird, museum lighting, painted backdrop. Work 8399.
A switchboard with a seated operator, Kalamkari temple hanging, we had the flat above, digital ICE artefacts. Work 8275.
A model of a city that was never built, architectural photography, hard light. Work 8080.
The long blue part of the evening: flat lit study against deep black of a costume stitched from packaging film at the centre of a black cyclorama. Work 7980.
A time machine made of a grandfather clock, broderie anglaise, they never phoned back, Polaroid Spectra. Work 7926.
Quirky 1960s claymation, creatures and skeletons archival 16mm broadcast telelvision still kodachrome. Work 7786.
Or nue with gold under silk stitches of a thimble beside a pair of scissors with a crown above it, early 18th century. Work 7523.
Flash lit auditorium photograph of a glass case over a geared model as the narration began, the late 1930s. Work 7337.
Crayon manner lithograph of an articulated pituitary in its bony seat under glass in a museum cabinet in the second German edition. Work 7316.
A tubular railway poster in one typeface on a shelf of clear glass, the Basel school years, the stand was built in three days, New Typography layout. Work 7279.
Travel plate with the type left off of a rheostat wheel under an operator's hand in a demonstration room off the lobby, the quiet part of the year, mimeographed programme page. Work 7132.
Niello silver plaque of a thermal airship, two heads on a paddock group, tin glaze crazed in a fine web. Work 6980.
A museum diorama of daily life, painted backdrop, mannequins, dust. Work 6848.
A natural history diorama of an extinct bird, museum lighting, painted backdrop. Work 6763.
Mid 13th century, a tooled stag caught in a briar with a scroll in one hand, Parisian atelier work of small scale. Work 6716.
A betting shop in the afternoon, screens, carpet, low light. Work 6600.
Enamelled metal panel of a Chrysler Building spire in stainless steel in a curved corner window, three colour process printing, lacquer on a gessoed panel. Work 6382.
The fair closed and was scrapped: world's fair souvenir booklet plate of a plexiglass hooded robot with a transparent brain dome, 1935. Work 6283.
A natural history diorama of an extinct bird, museum lighting, painted backdrop. Work 6255.
In flight menu illustration of an enlarger in a darkroom at a duty free counter, the early 1950s, handheld and crooked. Work 6229.