Serious Young Woman in Front of Linsey Woolsey Textile, Antique RPPC blue gray bottle caps alone provided the

bottle caps alone provided the raw material for all sorts of wonderful things

making a quick 5 minute loop around the shop and grabbing it--not knowing what it was but thinking is was a fabulous

while looking great on an open shelf when not in use

The striking contrast between the wood of the matchsticks and their charcoal tips

Cover shows wear around the edges and an old water stain along the bottom that does not run through

Serious Young Woman in Front of Linsey Woolsey Textile, Antique RPPC blue gray bottle caps alone provided theThis is one of my new favorite photographic portraits ever, including for the fact that this young woman keeps reminding me of a young Chloe Sevigny, which makes me think of the subject here, in her white dress, white stockings, big bow, and unsmiling expression, as something of a style icon too. But the framing is also a big part of what makes it great, with a checkerboard patterned linsey woolsey weaving stretched behind her almost like an op art