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I blame Toby
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Ooh look, it's quite shiny inside my engine.
A close up of one of the cam shafts of a Toyota 3S-GE engine. Two cam lobes are visible, noticeably shiny and silver machines surfaces contrast against the warm brown tones of the rest of the oil stained cast metal parts.
December 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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What a ridiculous object I have created.
December 13, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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November 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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A small wooden cat looks at the camera with large innocent blue eyes, stood next to a chunk of brass with 4 paw prints stamped into it.
September 24, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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April 9, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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April 6, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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I made shiny things.
Two earrings and a necklace, all silver discs stamped with three diagonal arrows. The pendant is larger than the earrings and has the words BELLA CIAO in small capitals stamped in a semicircle at the bottom, under the arrows. All three sit on a small anvil on a workbench. A hammer and some metal stamps are visible but out of focus in the background.
February 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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The 80s were a more innocent time, perhaps...

I hope Jonathan found a friend or two.
An advert from an 80s edition of White Dwarf, reading : Halifax Area Enthusiastic boy of 12 wanting help from older and more experienced games players. Keen to learn new games and to improve on AD&D and Warhammer. If interested contact: Jonathan Hogan, Halifax 66965, urgently!
December 16, 2024 at 12:05 AM
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Enjoy the chippy in my old hometown's definition of "Worldwide Dishes"
A blue laminated takeaway menu with a Worldwide Dishes section consisting of Plain, Battered, Plain Jumbo, Battered Jumbo and Saveloy sausages. All reasonably priced between £1 and £1.40
December 14, 2024 at 12:45 AM
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He's on a spooky mission.
A small silver silhouette of a ghost with a stamped smiley face, held in the palm of my hand which is dirty from the polisher. It's sheet is kicked up to the left and it appears to be moving to the right. It is very shiny.
December 2, 2024 at 1:47 PM
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This definitely feels like an appropriate necklace to have been making this last week or so.
A rectangular silver bar pendant with the words "no Pasarán" stamped on it. Hanging on a silver chain, in my greasy hand.
November 15, 2024 at 11:25 PM
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October 9, 2023 at 3:01 AM
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I made a ridiculous keyring...
September 21, 2023 at 4:22 AM
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I made a pretty thing.
A silver ring with a small square amythist gem set on it sits on the horn or a tiny anvil.
August 25, 2023 at 12:19 AM
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August 18, 2023 at 12:07 AM
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A slightly grubby hand holds two small metal pots. One is made from hammered brass, and has the phrase "tiny secrets & little white lies" stamped on the lid, and the second is made from polished steel with the phrase " hard truths & inconvenient questions..." stamped on its lid.
August 4, 2023 at 9:07 PM
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TUG
A close up of the side of a large ship. The hull is red and streaked with rust, and fills the frame. The sea is brown and choppy. A white line is painted vertically, and the word TUG in white capital letters is painted above it.
August 4, 2023 at 10:28 AM
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Leeds based friends, please come along to this! I'll be there, and you'd be most welcome to join us all in standing up to the far right thugs who want to make life miserable for the refugees in the area. Let me know if you want more info - let's not let this shit go unopposed.
A poster advertising a counterprotest against the far right in Seacroft, Leeds on Saturday the 5th of August. The protest takes place at 1230 at The Green on York Road and is promoted by Stand Up To Racism and a variety of trade unions and other anti-racist organisations.
August 1, 2023 at 9:41 PM
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A circular sticker with a hand drawn rainbow and the words Fuck Landlords written on it is stuck to the the middle finger of a hand flipping the bird at an office building that lurks in the background, out of focus.
July 31, 2023 at 8:32 AM
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A sticker that says "NO TERFS ON OUR TURF" in pink writing on a blue circle, surrounding the transgender symbol with a raised fist in the centre, is stuck to a rusty post. The scene is at night, with a city street lit by streetlamps in the background.
July 26, 2023 at 11:41 PM