Object Studies

A portfolio for objects and their details, with uncropped photographs in varied sizes, specimen labels and a catalogue by material.

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Photographers, makers and collections showing one object at a time, filed by material and by the surface it stands on
Platform
Astro
Status
On sale
Price
$47 USD
Version
1.0.4
License
Astro edition: Peachfin Themes Astro License (LICENSE in the download). Font SIL OFL 1.1. Photo credits in src/data/photos.json and ASSETS.json.
Demo photography is licensed separately from theme code

Page inventory

Home
Home
Catalogue
Work
Study
Project
Method
About
Enquiries
Contact
Material archive
Archive
Ground archive
Archive
Photo credits
Utility
404
Utility

Design controls

Site configuration
Edit identity, navigation, colours, fonts, spacing and layout switches in src/site.config.ts.
Homepage plates
Choose the plate sequence (full, half and quarter; full and half; or quarter only) and how many studies the homepage shows.
Plate panels
Choose silver or white panels and snug, standard or airy space around each photograph.
Figure numbers and labels
Number figures continuously, per page or not at all, set the figure prefix, and show or hide the ground and date cells.
Catalogue and widths
Set catalogue wording, studies per catalogue page, reading width and wide width.

Features

  • Home shows one full, two half and four quarter plates
  • Label row under every plate: figure number, object, ground (the surface it stands on) and study date
  • Catalogue with material filters, plus material and ground archives
  • Study pages with enlarged detail figures and a specimen facts table
  • Markdown and MDX content files, local fonts and static output

What the download includes

  • Astro source with typed content collections and a pinned package-lock.json
  • 7 CC0 photographs from the WordPress Photo Directory, credited in ASSETS.json
  • Local OFL-1.1 font files and license notices
  • README, getting started, discovery and update documentation

Setup

  1. Install Node.js 24 LTS, then run npm ci in the extracted folder.
  2. Edit src/site.config.ts, studies in src/content/studies/ and the Method and Enquiries text in src/content/pages/.
  3. Replace photographs in src/data/photos.json and keep ASSETS.json credits accurate.
  4. Demo content is fictional: replace sample text, photographs and the example email address before publishing.
  5. Run npm run check and npm run build, then publish the static dist/ folder.

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