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When I look back at products made a hundred years ago I am amazed at the artistic detail that went into some of the most common items; filigree and scroll work on industrial machines, masonry sculptures on buildings high above the street, flowing design of utilitarian products.  This was the industrial age, why go to such trouble to make commercial products with such artistic detail?  It must be our need to create art and craftsmanship even in the tools we use every day.

This nineteenth century device, I don’t know what it is perhaps a coffee grinder, shows this attention to detail in the spokes of the wheel.  They could have just used straight lines but rather the manufacturer elected to produce interlocking arks reminiscent of a fine crafted geometric sculpture.

The photographer has framed the subject in such a way that we only see three quarters of the object.  We can tell that it is symmetrical so there is no need to illustrate it in its entirety.  This leaves something to the viewer’s imagination.  The back drop, the lace curtains, gives the feeling of a Victorian home.

The image has been altered with a soft focus filter along the top of the subject to give it a dreamy effect.  This is nice but may not have been necessary to this extent. 

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