{"product_id":"long-gone","title":"Long Gone","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal Artwork by Michael Flores \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeasures 12” x 7” x 7”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMixed Media: plastic styrene, resin, and mixed foliage\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003cem\u003eMy name is Michael Flores, and I am an LA-based scale model artist. I find inspiration in decrepit buildings and fragments of deterioration, taking what some may see as unsettling decay and honoring the beauty of imperfection. My work explores themes of loneliness, nostalgia, memory, and the uncanny.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI am interested in creating what feels like a daydream, an old photograph discovered in an attic, or a place recalled from memory but no longer entirely recognizable. Rather than depicting entirely imagined worlds, I work with recognizable spaces and objects, allowing them to exist somewhere between reality and fantasy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI am drawn to the tension between recognition and uncertainty, when a space feels familiar, yet something within it resists a clear explanation. I am less interested in recreating a specific place than in recreating a feeling. I hope to invoke a sense of cautious curiosity, a desire to look closer, even when something feels slightly out of place.“\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Flores","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51606029041910,"sku":null,"price":650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0008\/8955\/2953\/files\/Michael-Flores-Long-Gone-original-artwork-detail-5.jpg?v=1789064305","url":"https:\/\/www.foldgoods.com\/products\/long-gone","provider":"FOLD goods","version":"1.0","type":"link"}