The Three Mothers Look Away
Ink on ceramic tile. 15 × 15 cm.
£420
The in-situ photos are what an agentic model generated prompts for and signed-off. They are neither to scale nor a judgement of your domestic context. They are retained for LOLs.
Prompt, model and seed
- Scene
- The Lift
- Brief
- Hung by the light switch in a Possilpark hallway, at the exact height a three-year-old screams at.
- Prompt
- a screaming crying toddler with a snotty red face being scooped up under the arms by a knackered young mum in a fleece dressing gown, narrow council flat hallway, nicotine yellow woodchip wallpaper, grubby light switch, coats piled on a hook, a small square ceramic tile hung on a nail on the wall, harsh on-camera flash, red eye, motion blur, 2003 compact camera, amateur snapshot, candid, unposed, real people, ordinary faces, cluttered, lived-in, grubby, analogue photo
- Negative prompt
- scandinavian interior, minimalist, interior design, staged, showroom, real estate photo, catalogue, beige luxury, clean, tidy, symmetrical, render, 3d, cgi, illustration, painting, drawing, cartoon, anime, picture frame, frame, label, box, plaque, border, television screen on the wall, watermark, text, logo, nsfw, nude, naked, topless, nipples, genitals, deformed, extra limbs, mutated hands, nsfw, nude, naked, underwear, bath, swimsuit, adult objects, alcohol, cigarettes, sex toy
- Model
- juggernaut_reborn (Stable Diffusion 1.5), VAE vae-ft-mse-840000-ema-pruned; ControlNet control_v11p_sd15_inpaint, preprocessor inpaint_only, weight 1.0
- Seed
- 202
- Settings
- Sampler DPM++ 2M, Karras schedule, 32 steps, CFG 6. img2img inpaint over a colour-blocked layout at denoise 0.9, 768 × 960 px; the work's footprint kept blank. Upscaled ×2 with R-ESRGAN 4x+. Faces redrawn with ADetailer (face_yolov8n, denoise 0.38, "candid unposed face, natural skin").
- Wall repair
- plain grubby painted wall surface, harsh flash, amateur snapshot (seed 209; inpaint at denoise 0.55 over a Telea fill, 24 steps, CFG 5, ControlNet inpaint_only+lama)
- The work in the room
- The real 15 × 15 cm work placed at true scale (the frame spans about 62 cm at the work), on the wall plane measured from DSINE surface normals and the room's vertical lines, relit from the light fitted around it, shadow cast from that light, then the 'flash' grade; plane spread 1.2°.
- Scene
- 4 a.m.
- Brief
- Propped on the kitchen windowsill behind the Calpol and the steriliser. Nobody has looked at it in eleven weeks.
- Prompt
- close up photo, a knackered young dad in a stained t-shirt standing at the kitchen counter at night giving a bottle to a tiny newborn baby wrapped in a blanket in his arms, his eyes half closed, a small ceramic tile propped on the cluttered windowsill behind the sink among a steriliser, calpol, baby bottles, dummies, washing up liquid, black window with condensation, harsh fluorescent tube light, dirty dishes, amateur snapshot, candid, unposed, real people, ordinary plain faces, pale blotchy skin, tired, squalid, messy, dirty, stained, cluttered, lived-in, grubby, working class, analogue photo
- Negative prompt
- clean, neat, tidy, white bedding, crisp sheets, ikea, hotel room, airbnb, new furniture, beautiful, pretty, model, glamour, fashion photography, professional photography, perfect skin, flawless, studio lighting, portrait photography, headshot, scandinavian interior, minimalist, interior design, staged, showroom, real estate photo, catalogue, beige luxury, clean, tidy, symmetrical, render, 3d, cgi, illustration, painting, drawing, cartoon, anime, picture frame, frame, label, box, plaque, border, television screen on the wall, watermark, text, logo, nsfw, nude, naked, topless, nipples, genitals, deformed, extra limbs, mutated hands, nsfw, nude, naked, underwear, bath, swimsuit, adult objects, alcohol, cigarettes, sex toy
- Model
- juggernaut_reborn (Stable Diffusion 1.5), VAE vae-ft-mse-840000-ema-pruned; ControlNet control_v11p_sd15_inpaint, preprocessor inpaint_only, weight 1.0
- Seed
- 707
- Settings
- Sampler DPM++ 2M, Karras schedule, 32 steps, CFG 7. img2img inpaint over a colour-blocked layout at denoise 0.86, 768 × 960 px; the work's footprint kept blank. Upscaled ×2 with R-ESRGAN 4x+. Faces redrawn with ADetailer (face_yolov8n, denoise 0.38, "candid unposed face, natural skin").
- The work in the room
- The real 15 × 15 cm work placed at true scale (the frame spans about 58 cm at the work), on the propped plane measured from DSINE surface normals and the room's vertical lines, relit from the light fitted around it, shadow cast from that light, then the 'fluoro' grade; plane spread 1.3°.
- Scene
- Lying Down in Protest
- Brief
- Low on the living-room wall, beside the skirting board, at tantrum height.
- Prompt
- wide angle photo of the whole room taken from across the room, full figures, floor visible, a toddler lying face down on the carpet screaming in a full tantrum, a mum sitting on the sofa scrolling her phone ignoring him, a laundry basket overflowing, toys everywhere, a dog sniffing the toddler, a tiny ceramic tile hung on a plain papered wall with no window, net curtains on a window on the far side, 1990s kodak print, faded colour, amateur snapshot, candid, unposed, real people, ordinary plain faces, pale blotchy skin, tired, squalid, messy, dirty, stained, cluttered, lived-in, grubby, working class, analogue photo
- Negative prompt
- clean, neat, tidy, white bedding, crisp sheets, ikea, hotel room, airbnb, new furniture, beautiful, pretty, model, glamour, fashion photography, professional photography, perfect skin, flawless, studio lighting, portrait photography, headshot, scandinavian interior, minimalist, interior design, staged, showroom, real estate photo, catalogue, beige luxury, clean, tidy, symmetrical, render, 3d, cgi, illustration, painting, drawing, cartoon, anime, picture frame, frame, label, box, plaque, border, television screen on the wall, watermark, text, logo, nsfw, nude, naked, topless, nipples, genitals, deformed, extra limbs, mutated hands, nsfw, nude, naked, underwear, bath, swimsuit, adult objects, alcohol, cigarettes, sex toy
- Model
- juggernaut_reborn (Stable Diffusion 1.5), VAE vae-ft-mse-840000-ema-pruned; ControlNet control_v11p_sd15_inpaint, preprocessor inpaint_only, weight 1.0
- Seed
- 303
- Settings
- Sampler DPM++ 2M, Karras schedule, 32 steps, CFG 7. img2img inpaint over a colour-blocked layout at denoise 0.9, 960 × 768 px; the work's footprint kept blank. Upscaled ×2 with R-ESRGAN 4x+. Faces redrawn with ADetailer (face_yolov8n, denoise 0.38, "candid unposed face, natural skin").
- Wall repair
- plain grubby painted wall surface, faded film, amateur snapshot (seed 310; inpaint at denoise 0.55 over a Telea fill, 24 steps, CFG 5, ControlNet inpaint_only+lama)
- The work in the room
- The real 15 × 15 cm work placed at true scale (the frame spans about 250 cm at the work), on the wall plane measured from DSINE surface normals and the room's vertical lines, relit from the light fitted around it, shadow cast from that light, then the 'kodak' grade; plane spread 0.7°.
- Scene
- The Nanny
- Brief
- Hung by the console table in a marble hall. The mother is filming.
- Prompt
- close up photo, a screaming crying toddler in a designer romper being scooped up by a tired nanny in a grey uniform tunic in a marble entrance hall, the toddler's mother in the background holding up a phone filming it, a console table with a vase of white lilies, a small square ceramic tile hung on the wall beside the light switch, harsh on-camera flash, motion blur, amateur snapshot taken by a guest, candid, unposed, real people, ordinary unflattering faces, tired, expensive clutter, lived-in wealth, old money and new money, analogue photo
- Negative prompt
- interior design magazine, architectural digest, real estate photo, staged, showroom, catalogue, minimalist, empty, render, 3d, cgi, illustration, painting, drawing, cartoon, anime, beautiful, pretty, model, glamour, fashion photography, perfect skin, flawless, studio lighting, picture frame, frame, label, box, plaque, border, television screen on the wall, watermark, text, logo, nsfw, nude, naked, topless, nipples, genitals, deformed, extra limbs, mutated hands, nsfw, nude, naked, underwear, bath, swimsuit, adult objects, alcohol, cigarettes, sex toy
- Model
- juggernaut_reborn (Stable Diffusion 1.5), VAE vae-ft-mse-840000-ema-pruned; ControlNet control_v11p_sd15_inpaint, preprocessor inpaint_only, weight 1.0
- Seed
- 101
- Settings
- Sampler DPM++ 2M, Karras schedule, 32 steps, CFG 7. img2img inpaint over a colour-blocked layout at denoise 0.9, 768 × 960 px; the work's footprint kept blank. Upscaled ×2 with R-ESRGAN 4x+. Faces redrawn with ADetailer (face_yolov8n, denoise 0.38, "candid unposed face, natural skin").
- The work in the room
- The real 15 × 15 cm work placed at true scale (the frame spans about 62 cm at the work), on the wall plane measured from DSINE surface normals and the room's vertical lines, relit from the light fitted around it, shadow cast from that light, then the 'flash' grade.
- Scene
- Night Nanny
- Brief
- Propped on the windowsill behind the steriliser in a kitchen the size of a church.
- Prompt
- close up photo, a tired night nanny in a cardigan giving a bottle to a tiny newborn baby wrapped in a cashmere blanket at 4am in an enormous marble kitchen, a small ceramic tile propped on the windowsill behind the sink among a steriliser, baby bottles, a coffee machine, a sub zero fridge, black garden window, cold under cabinet lighting, amateur snapshot taken by a guest, candid, unposed, real people, ordinary unflattering faces, tired, expensive clutter, lived-in wealth, old money and new money, analogue photo
- Negative prompt
- interior design magazine, architectural digest, real estate photo, staged, showroom, catalogue, minimalist, empty, render, 3d, cgi, illustration, painting, drawing, cartoon, anime, beautiful, pretty, model, glamour, fashion photography, perfect skin, flawless, studio lighting, picture frame, frame, label, box, plaque, border, television screen on the wall, watermark, text, logo, nsfw, nude, naked, topless, nipples, genitals, deformed, extra limbs, mutated hands, nsfw, nude, naked, underwear, bath, swimsuit, adult objects, alcohol, cigarettes, sex toy
- Model
- juggernaut_reborn (Stable Diffusion 1.5), VAE vae-ft-mse-840000-ema-pruned; ControlNet control_v11p_sd15_inpaint, preprocessor inpaint_only, weight 1.0
- Seed
- 303
- Settings
- Sampler DPM++ 2M, Karras schedule, 32 steps, CFG 7. img2img inpaint over a colour-blocked layout at denoise 0.86, 768 × 960 px; the work's footprint kept blank. Upscaled ×2 with R-ESRGAN 4x+. Faces redrawn with ADetailer (face_yolov8n, denoise 0.38, "candid unposed face, natural skin").
- The work in the room
- The real 15 × 15 cm work placed at true scale (the frame spans about 58 cm at the work), on the propped plane measured from DSINE surface normals and the room's vertical lines, relit from the light fitted around it, shadow cast from that light, then the 'fluoro' grade.
- Scene
- Playroom
- Brief
- Low on the playroom wall, above the rocking horse. Mummy is on the Peloton next door.
- Prompt
- wide angle photo of the whole room taken from across the room, full figures, floor visible, a toddler lying face down on a persian rug in a full tantrum in a playroom in a london townhouse, an au pair kneeling beside him looking at her phone, a wooden rocking horse, a dolls house shaped like a georgian mansion, a teepee, expensive wooden toys everywhere, a tiny ceramic tile hung on a plain painted wall with no window, 1990s kodak print, amateur snapshot taken by a guest, candid, unposed, real people, ordinary unflattering faces, tired, expensive clutter, lived-in wealth, old money and new money, analogue photo
- Negative prompt
- interior design magazine, architectural digest, real estate photo, staged, showroom, catalogue, minimalist, empty, render, 3d, cgi, illustration, painting, drawing, cartoon, anime, beautiful, pretty, model, glamour, fashion photography, perfect skin, flawless, studio lighting, picture frame, frame, label, box, plaque, border, television screen on the wall, watermark, text, logo, nsfw, nude, naked, topless, nipples, genitals, deformed, extra limbs, mutated hands, nsfw, nude, naked, underwear, bath, swimsuit, adult objects, alcohol, cigarettes, sex toy
- Model
- juggernaut_reborn (Stable Diffusion 1.5), VAE vae-ft-mse-840000-ema-pruned; ControlNet control_v11p_sd15_inpaint, preprocessor inpaint_only, weight 1.0
- Seed
- 101
- Settings
- Sampler DPM++ 2M, Karras schedule, 32 steps, CFG 7. img2img inpaint over a colour-blocked layout at denoise 0.9, 960 × 768 px; the work's footprint kept blank. Upscaled ×2 with R-ESRGAN 4x+. Faces redrawn with ADetailer (face_yolov8n, denoise 0.38, "candid unposed face, natural skin").
- The work in the room
- The real 15 × 15 cm work placed at true scale (the frame spans about 250 cm at the work), on the wall plane measured from DSINE surface normals and the room's vertical lines, relit from the light fitted around it, shadow cast from that light, then the 'kodak' grade.