Patina: Object Diary

Some things get better with use. Leather darkens. Brass dulls and brightens where a thumb rests. Glaze crazes. A denim knee fades to the shape of the person wearing it. Patina is a diary for one meaningful object, kept in photographs. Photograph something you care about. Come back in six months, or six years, and photograph it again. Then drag a seam across the two frames and watch the change appear. Not described, not measured, just shown. HOW IT WORKS Add an object and give it a name. Each time you notice a change, add an observation: a photograph, the date it was taken, and a note if you want one. Two observations are enough to compare. Already have years of photographs? Add them all at once from your library, and Patina dates them from the photographs themselves. THE COMPARISON One draggable seam reveals the earlier photograph beneath the later one. Both dates stay visible. A…