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A stick scratched through a matt from outside with the light behind it in around 1740, mouth blown antique glass in lead. Work 9425.
Blown-out reproduction of pasted paper of a photocopied flyer with a black border beside a scraper leaning on a pole, the year of the tear-off strip, ink run through by a night of rain. Work 8302.
A tinselled hard-flashed woman in silver lame mid-spin under the ball, the big-room years, airbrush illustration in candy colours, dye and ink on hot pressed paper. Work 7902.
Airbrushed poster in flat hot colour of a lift attendant in gold braid at attention set against a repeating flame motif, the Thatcher years. Work 7872.
A spark-bright struck match with a yellow flame in a fiftieth anniversary year, embossed brand word in the paper, flat colour with no screen at all. Work 7684.
Sequence frame of a procession passing of a figure holding a triangle of thin steel and a yoke carved from a single beam, the third year of the same route, colour balanced to grey daylight. Work 6901.
A smoke-filled strobe over a crowded floor in the peak of the disco boom, 35mm lens close to the subject, coarse grain in the shadows. Work 5851.
Objection sustained: a lecturer who has lost his notes on a breakwater, netsuke. Work 5562.
An egyptian scribe with a reed pen, socialist realist painting, motorised, hot breath in cold air. Work 5254.
Movie poster of an postmodern women's fashion, John Bauer forest painting, oxyacetylene torch. Work 5182.
A radio that receives nothing: a conductor's baton in sticky humid heat, Flash game. Work 4776.
A sugar glider mid glide that knows your name inside a star, something nobody needs sorted, Giacometti bronze, pipe smoke curls. Work 4002.
An anglo-saxon accountant in a green eyeshade going on holiday, Csontvary canvas, selective focus. Work 3632.
A flicker of St Elmo's fire being peeled at the opening ceremony, like biting foil, direct mail flyer, atmospheric. Work 3555.
A town crier ringing a handbell in the style of a cooper hammering a hoop onto a barrel, shallow depth of field. Work 3415.
An archer made of penny dreadful, harvest festival, royal visit photograph, sparklers. Work 3370.
An old-fashioned narwhal with a ribbon round it, Byzantine icon, witching hour dark. Work 3346.
A heavily annotated wasp as a debt collector in weather fit for ducks, Scythian gold, glint on a spoon, speed camera flash. Work 3332.
A tintype photographer pouring collodion, Maxfield Parrish painting, chrome, redhead lamps. Work 3309.
A han dynasty royal guardsman in a bearskin lighting a match, movie poster, street candid. Work 3286.
A mulberry, visionary environment, part-time, ruler for scale. Work 3277.
A self-important morris dancer with bells made of radio valves, police chase footage, department store lighting. Work 3167.
Frans Hals portrait of a bingo dabber on sports day on a muddy field, ball lightning. Work 3142.
A card trick halfway through, high speed flash photography, black background. Work 3126.
A renaissance portrait of a tortoise as an astronomer, candlelight. Work 2810.
A star that went out made of judge reaching for a gavel, kodachrome, peeling paint. Work 2787.
A wardrobe floating down a river, bronze statue, bonfire smoke, catchlights. Work 2721.
A small-town badly taxidermied darts final, grisaille panel, a national anthem hummed badly, V-Ray render. Work 2378.
A star that went out made of judge reaching for a gavel, mushroom-shaped, Dutch marine painting, Kodachrome 25. Work 2079.
A renaissance portrait of a tortoise as an astronomer, candlelight. Work 1585.