Here I am thinking I’m following a new direction when it appears that my past is just re- emerging! ‘Art and the Industrial Revolution’ (Klingender), which kick started my reading, is the book I discovered during A level Art.
Recent attempts at more technically accurate drawings reminded me of my Rotring pens and my nostalgia for once tracing out Future Bold on a light box, before the days of computer typography. I’ve dug out my much cherished pens (some were my Father’s from his mine surveying day) and abandoned any thoughts of charcoal (a fleeting ‘coal like’ consideration) Revisiting old sketchbooks (hunting down a drawing I once did of a Lego man- for my little boy!) I found the Sheeler like drawings I made of the steelworks in my native Yorkshire.
It all stacks up! A deep affection for the industrial landscape and people combined with the satisfaction I get from a graphic meticulousness. I am about to do a timeline of my life and list all my past creative obsessions and see if there is anything else that sits comfortably amid all this research.
