In stark contrast to Dominique, my Satellite Portfolio images have been a bit longer in coming. Time spent over several days hand drawing with pen and ink an image of traditional engineering machinery has on balance been an enjoyable experience. Made much more so now the smallest light-box in the world has been replaced by wonderful A3 light-box which never gets hot – it was a worthwhile purchase.
When i did my Foundation at Shelly Park in Bournemouth a tutor Eddie made me a ink pen with an old partly melted Biro and a nib, i improvised in a similar way for this project, buying a lovely new nib and attaching to a fast disappearing favorite pencil.
The two have been made some 20 years apart.
I’m a great fan of home made tools which do jobs really well – there is a great book i have my eye on Vladimir Arkhipov’s book Home Made: Contemporary Russian Folk Artefact’s, great images of inventions made by necessity out of odds and ends now rather ironically sold out and selling second hand for £125 !
http://www.fuel-design.com/index.php?menu=3&pic=26…
Nicola Naismith
