Reblogged from Michael at Morpeth Road:

My son rang and asked if I would pose for him for an art installation he was doing as part of the Medieval Art Week.

He said the installation would take him a week or two to organize and create but he needed an older man to be the model for his centre piece.

Being one to always support my son in his artistic endeavours I agreed without asking which aspect of the medieval he was referring to.

Imagine my surprise when arriving at his studio he said for me to get inside the cage he had hanging from the rafters. It was then that I asked him about the nature of his installation. He quickly informed me that his was going to be on medieval justice and looking around I saw he already created a set of stocks, a lashing triangle and hanging from the walls were various implements of torture he had created.

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