Head Bump?

[Rob MacKillop]

Head Bump by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

In a junk shop. They wanted £80 for it, and wouldn't drop the price. Shame, as I could have had it feature in a number of shots...

XE1, 18-55, Nik Silver​

 

[Pete Askew]

Excellent Rob, quite spooky (maybe it's a good idea not to have one lurking around the house). Mind it would have made a fabulous prop.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_t...phrenology&_nkw=phrenology&_sacat=0&_from=R40

 

[Pete Askew]

And the one you found was particularly nice compared with the ones on ebay.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks for the link - there is one there just like this one...for £15...and counting. Maybe. Certainly cheaper than £80. Has made me think about acquiring props...more clutter!

 

[Pete Askew]

Tell me about it. The studio here is bursting at the seams with them!

 

[Brian Moore]

Excellent. Wait,...I thought you said you were giving up digital...?

 

[Beth Anthony]

too bad you couldn't procure another toy. looks good though.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

@Brian Moore - this was taken while waiting for my film to get developed

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Bit expensive, looks quite new going by the crackle glaze.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

That's the odd think - it looked completely crackle-free and smooth, until I darkened it - then out it came...

 

[Chris Dodkin]

80 quid!

Phrenology right?

 

[Paul Lange]

It looks like a pretty cool thing to have and potentially something to appear in a few still lifes but £80! I wonder if they manage to sell it.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

That's the odd think - it looked completely crackle-free and smooth, until I darkened it - then out it came...

No absolute expert Rob, yet having a kiln and having done a lot of glazing, it looks very similar to crackle glaze out of a pot. It is used for a distressed look rather than anything else.
Crackle as very little to do with age, it is more about materials and how it was fired at the time. The colours and staining of the crackle does look very different in unintentional crackle.
Plus the uniformity. Far to hard to be totally sure from a photo, but this type of ware would be mass produced yesterday as coffee table ornaments.
Could be wrong it after all a photo. A good one mind

 

[Rob MacKillop]

A hard object to capture without light reflections overblowing. I've put a bid in for one, exactly the same as this but at a fraction of the cost.

 

[Paul Lange]

You could always shave your head and get your marker pen out. i would like to see that selfie.

 

[Mark Albertsen]

I agree with Paul

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Rob look what i saw in a shop window. Did you win the bid?

Little and Large versions. Plus colour is spelt correctly .

 

[Rob MacKillop]

£7.99 is more like it. I got one on ebay for £12. Should arrive soon. More clutter for the house. Susan will be pleased

 

[Pete Askew]

Now the hand looks good. I think you need one of those too Rob.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Ha...no...the stuff of nightmares