Bleached Bones from the Elephants’ Graveyard
I found these cable ducting off cuts next to an excavation for a telephone line. Covered in mud and gaffer tape, I cleaned them off and revealed striking colours enhanced by wear. They reminded me of bleached bones from a mythical elephants’ graveyard.
Here they are shortly after excavation:
And my favourite detail:
Like the fossilised arteries of a futuristic beast.
Somewhere out there in techno industrial land, someone with a feel for colour is choosing these colours for the love of it.
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