{"product_id":"a-congregation-of-wings","title":"A Congregation of Wings","description":"\u003cp\u003eA loose congregation of pale moths turns inside a single shaft of light, suspended against a black so deep it seems to fall away without edges. They do not move in formation. They circle the way a crowd circles something it cannot fully explain, drawn closer by an instinct older than reason, the air faintly grained with dust caught and held in the light like something painted rather than photographed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is an old instinct held inside this image. Moths have always mistaken light for guidance, for shelter, for the moon itself, and A Congregation of Wings freezes that mistake in mid gesture, neither arriving nor leaving. It reads as devotion without a destination, a small, stubborn faith that keeps circling long after the reason for it has gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo paint. No print. No ink. Every wing, every particle of dust, every gradation between glare and shadow is scratched into the surface of the acrylic glass, built through controlled surface damage rather than added on top of it. The swarm exists because material has been taken away, not because anything was laid down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe work is present in any light. Its moths and its darkness are always there to be seen, even without a single beam falling across the surface. Light does not create the image. It sharpens it, catching in the scratches so the contrast deepens and the swarm gathers weight. It reads differently from different angles, softer here, sharper there, without ever losing the image underneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeen from across a room, the moths settle into a single monumental gesture in black and white. Step closer and that gesture breaks apart into a field of individual marks, a quiet record of controlled scratches that only resolves into wings again once you step back. Both are true at the same time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Congregation of Wings continues the Art with Scratch series by Tijs Dragtsma, in which imagery is constructed through controlled surface damage rather than pigment or print. A visual language where damage is not destruction, but structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A swarm circling light, and still, somehow, a form of faith.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore about the artist, process and materials can be found on the About page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuestions about this work, availability or shipping can be sent through the contact page.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TD Fine Art Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59519411192133,"sku":null,"price":4500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0904\/0724\/0005\/files\/A_Congregation_of_Wings_thumbnail.jpg?v=1790625411","url":"https:\/\/tdfineartstudio.com\/products\/a-congregation-of-wings","provider":"TD Fine Art Studio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}