Gromit is looking much the worse for wear.It was found in the same squashed and twisted state last year, being stored away in less than favourable conditions. I just couldn't bring myself to get rid of the hideous thing - I put it down to an innate curiosity for the morbid and strange. It still stands on a shelf, proudly flaunting its decrepit freakyness.
Of Spanish make by "Lanco," it is good old natural latex. When found, it was still slightly gooey in places where it had deteriorated. It's generally dried up now, and is quite brittle all over. A close inspection of the face reveals many cracks and some mysterious coloured spots.
I used a black velvet backdrop and some polystyrene-reflected flash light for this shot. The result is a quite a detailed account of [one side] of its right-angled deformity. Quite a touching, if morbid portrait of a neglected object.
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