Ruin
Aftermath
Post-catastrophe stillness. The beauty of what was, read from what is left. Ruin is the state after the event, where decay is the event itself, ongoing.
The word
From the Latin ruina, a headlong fall, out of ruere, to rush down. The word records the violence; the feeling arrives after it. The eighteenth century made ruin a taste: engravings of collapsed Rome sold across Europe, and English landowners built artificial ruins in their gardens to have something to feel about.
The feeling
Quiet with a history in it. Standing before ruin, time splits: you see the present state and read the former one through it, and the emotion lives in the gap. It is calmer than sadness, because the catastrophe is over and can no longer be prevented. What is left asks nothing of you except attention.
Against its neighbours
Decay is ongoing; ruin is finished, which is what makes it restful where decay is uneasy. Grief mourns what was lost; ruin contemplates what survived, and finds the remainder eloquent.
In the work
Structure that has already failed, rendered calmly. The violence is finished and only the arrangement of the remains is offered.
9 works composed with Ruin
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SCARCE, 10 editions. Open the tier key.$350- Su2
- Rn
- Ep
- Sl
- Ky
APOCALYPSE - For They Say That Hell Is On Earth
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INFINITE, uncapped. Open the tier key.$75- St2
- Eq
- Rn
- Su
Crowned In Ashes
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INFINITE, uncapped. Open the tier key.$75- Rn2
- Lo
- Sg
- Aw
- Nm
Reached Through Ruin, and the Sky Remembered
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INFINITE, uncapped. Open the tier key.$75- Tm2
- Ac
- Aw
- Rn
- Ws
The Culmination
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INFINITE, uncapped. Open the tier key.$75- Ac2
- Hs
- Aw
- Rn
- Nm
Closer To Paradise
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INFINITE, uncapped. Open the tier key.$75- Cg2
- Rn
- Pr
- Dt
- Ws
Mercy Stallion
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APEX, 1 edition. Open the tier key.
$88SOLD- Rn2
- Vd
- Ep
- Su
- Ab
Those Gone Shall Rise Again
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APEX, 1 edition. Open the tier key.
$941SOLD- Ac2
- Rn
- Aw
- Wn
- Nm
After Death, the Gods Rise to Create the World Again
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APEX, 1 edition. Open the tier key.
PRIVATESOLD- Dr2
- Su
- Pr
- Rn
- Mn
Revenge In Forever EQUINOX
How big, actually.
Drawn to scale against a person of average height. Every size is a 4:5 rectangle, the same proportion as the work itself, so nothing is cropped to fit.
Sizes are the printed image. Framed works add the moulding around that. Standard US shipping is free at every size.
Paper, or canvas.
Same image, same inks. What changes is the surface it is printed on. Tap either one.
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PRINT
Hahnemühle Photo Rag
The paper itself. A heavy 100% cotton matte sheet with a smooth surface, printed edge to edge with no border. Ships flat, or rolled in a tube at large sizes.
- Every size, up to 40 × 50
- You pick the frame
- Just paper and ink
- Needs framing to hang
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CANVAS
Satin poly-cotton, gallery wrap
Printed on canvas, then stretched by hand over solid wood. The image continues around the sides, so there is no border and no glass.
- Hang it the day it lands
- No glass, no glazing
- Real depth off the wall
- Up to 36 × 45
Series 001 numbers are shared across every size and material, and the certificate records exactly which object you own. Open editions carry no number and no certificate.
Framed, or not.
One frame, satin black, solid wood. We pick the moulding that suits the size and the material, so it arrives ready to hang. Tap either one.
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NONE
The work, as it is
A paper print ships flat or rolled and you frame it your way. A canvas needs nothing: it is stretched, wired and ready for the wall the day it lands.
- The lightest to ship
- Your framer, your call
- Canvas hangs as it is
- Every size
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BLACK
Solid wood, chosen for the size
Sealed, hung with hardware fitted, nothing left to arrange. Paper sits behind acrylic; canvas floats inside the moulding with no glass at all.
- STANDARD BLACK ⅞ in face · ¾ in deep · behind acrylic Paper, 8 × 12 and 12 × 18
- ALTO BLACK THIN 1⅜ in face · ⁹⁄₁₆ in deep · behind acrylic Paper, 16 × 24 and up
- BLACK 2 FLOAT ⅜ in face · 2 in deep · ¼ in reveal · no glass Canvas, every framed size
Framed work ships boxed with the hardware fitted. The largest sizes are sold unframed, because a frame that size can only travel by freight.
The list hears first.
Composed with
- Aw Awe 4 works
- Su Sublimity 4 works
- Ac Ascendance 3 works
- Nm Numinous 3 works
- Ep Empathic Pain 2 works
- Pr Power 2 works
The rest of the Temporal family
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