From Blackball

Mapping Pen

A set of plates designed for high quality B/W copying.

Issue 1, Page 1

Issue 1, Page 2

Issue 1, Page 3

Issue 2, Page 1

Issue 2, Page 2

Issue 2, Page 3

Issue 2, Page 4

Issue 3, Page 1

Issue 3, Page 2

Issue 3, Page 3

Issue 3, Page 4

Issue 3, Page 5

Unpublished 1

Unpublished 2

Unpublished 3

Blossom

Highlights

Our early 1990’s ”From Blackball" series was designed for reproduction on high grade paper, printed with a good quality photocopier. Each page was seen as a printer's plate rather than a simple illustrated page.
To ensure high contrast and high detail levels I used Mapping pens with strong reference to etching techniques. For increased contrast I used high grade clay-coat stock.
On many of these scanned pages you will see the paste up lines, but they were not visible on the final prints. I collaborated with others on the text and lettering.

Issue 4: was never completed. Page 1 built on recursive and repeating items. The drawing of me crossing a creek is still one of my favourites.

Blossom is one of the single page surreal journeys I drew at the time. There is another among the Other selection.