{"product_id":"a-fox-kept-in-frost","title":"A Fox Kept in Frost","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Fox Kept in Frost holds a single moment of stillness, a fox curled into itself, tail laid over its nose, snow gathering as it sleeps undisturbed. Nothing in the scene moves except the falling snow, and even that is reduced to a scatter of quiet points suspended in the dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe animal is not painted or printed into being. It is formed through controlled scratches worked into the surface of acrylic glass, a field of individual marks that catch and hold light where the fur would be, while the surrounding black is left untouched and absolute. No paint. No print. No ink. The image appears through removal, not addition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeen from across a room, the fox reads as a single warm shape pressed against a void, its edges softened by cold. Come closer and that shape opens into a field of fine scratches, each placed to carry the curve of an ear, the fall of a tail, the weight of a sleeping body settled into snow. The ground beneath the fox is its own field of marks, a pale bed that holds the animal the way sleep holds it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is a quiet symbolism in choosing this moment over any other. A fox asleep, nose covered against the cold, is an animal at its most unguarded, trusting the dark to pass without harm. The work does not show the fox hunting or watching. It shows the fox at rest, and in that rest there is something close to faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLight does not create this image. It sharpens it. Under direct light the scratches catch and the contrast deepens, drawing the fox further out of the black, while in softer light the same marks settle toward quiet. The work reads differently from one angle to the next, without ever losing the animal at its centre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Fox Kept in Frost 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\"Even in the dark and the cold, something chooses to rest.\"\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":60147748471109,"sku":null,"price":4500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0904\/0724\/0005\/files\/A_Fox_Kept_in_Frost_thumbnail.jpg?v=1794258955","url":"https:\/\/tdfineartstudio.com\/products\/a-fox-kept-in-frost","provider":"TD Fine Art Studio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}