Cliche Life - Under The Hammer - 60x60cm Square (#266707v2)

A miniature hammer appears poised above an orange confectionery form in Under The Hammer - 266707v2.

Photographed against a minimal white background, the familiar tool is transformed through scale and colour. Its vivid green handle and pale grey head lean towards the translucent orange form below, creating a moment of suspended action. The arrangement is reflected softly across the glossy surface, extending the objects into the surrounding space.

The composition plays with the familiar expression "under the hammer", shifting its meaning from auction and sale into a literal visual encounter. The tension between the oversized hammer and vulnerable confectionery form gives the image its humour and implied narrative.

Part of Raymond Mather's ongoing Cliché Life series, Under The Hammer uses humour, familiar objects and photographic transformation to turn an everyday expression into a constructed visual world.

Printed on museum-grade archival cotton rag paper using archival pigment inks. Each work is individually signed and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.

Production and Provenance
Original image captured: 2026, Sydney NSW
Limited edition of 50
Produced and fulfilled in Australia