Temporary traffic lights (a mini British Transport dystopia)
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For a while I've been looking back at my older simpler drawings (mostly the periodic table) and wondered how can I go back to doing that? Lately my stuff has become a bit complicated and time consuming, and I don't have enough time to draw as it is. Hence my new mini British transport dystopia series - focussing a bit closer on things that make transport possible, without showing the exact mode of transport. I've been thinking about signage for a while, and it has been keeping into my bigger pieces, but a couple of weeks ago I went to see the documentary 'Give way to design' at the St Bride Foundation following the history of signage in the UK, and that was worth a watch, even if the sound was a bit dodgy (no insects appeared in the film unfortunately). So here's the first, some ladybirds attacking a beaten up temporary traffic light sign, which seem to be everywhere at the moment around my home and workplace, so it seemed the obvious place to start. I'm firmly down this rabbit hole now, and I already have a lot of these planned. I don't really know where this will go, but I'm enjoying it, and thats all that matters. I doubt they'll be as successful as the periodic table, but it doesn't look like anyone else has ever done anything like this, so who knows (there may be a reason for that). I'll try not to do 118 of them anyway... signage is often seen at the seaside though isn't it? Specifications: - Printed with the Ultrachrome HDR archival ink system of the Epson 7890 LFP on Hahnemuehle Giclee German Etching Paper (Matt FineArt - textured paper, 310 gsm, 100% a-Cellulose, white, mould-made) - Print ships rolled in a cardboard tube - Frame is not included (just for illustration purposes) All UK orders are sent with tracking information that will be supplied with shipping confirmation. All artwork designed in London, and all UK products manufactured and printed throughout the UK (rest of the world produced locally).
About this item
For a while I've been looking back at my older simpler drawings (mostly the periodic table) and wondered how can I go back to doing that? Lately my stuff has become a bit complicated and time consuming, and I don't have enough time to draw as it is. Hence my new mini British transport dystopia series - focussing a bit closer on things that make transport possible, without showing the exact mode of transport.
I've been thinking about signage for a while, and it has been keeping into my bigger pieces, but a couple of weeks ago I went to see the documentary 'Give way to design' at the St Bride Foundation following the history of signage in the UK, and that was worth a watch, even if the sound was a bit dodgy (no insects appeared in the film unfortunately).
So here's the first, some ladybirds attacking a beaten up temporary traffic light sign, which seem to be everywhere at the moment around my home and workplace, so it seemed the obvious place to start. I'm firmly down this rabbit hole now, and I already have a lot of these planned. I don't really know where this will go, but I'm enjoying it, and thats all that matters.
I doubt they'll be as successful as the periodic table, but it doesn't look like anyone else has ever done anything like this, so who knows (there may be a reason for that). I'll try not to do 118 of them anyway... signage is often seen at the seaside though isn't it?
Specifications:
- Printed with the Ultrachrome HDR archival ink system of the Epson 7890 LFP on Hahnemuehle Giclee German Etching Paper (Matt FineArt - textured paper, 310 gsm, 100% a-Cellulose, white, mould-made)
- Print ships rolled in a cardboard tube
- Frame is not included (just for illustration purposes)
All UK orders are sent with tracking information that will be supplied with shipping confirmation. All artwork designed in London, and all UK products manufactured and printed throughout the UK (rest of the world produced locally).
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One of my new years resolutions this year is to read no dystopian fiction this year as the world is dystopian enough. So far I have managed it, but it appears I’m drawing them instead… I’m not sure that’s entirely what I had in mind! When I showed this to my five year old, she said ‘Oh no daddy he’s digging up the train, stop him!’, but alas I couldn’t as this is a drawing, sorry Ida. I’ve been working on this one for a while. During the making of it I picked up Covid-19, which took quite a while to properly shake off, but that might have been due to another bad thing happening which I won’t go into yet. Either way these two things may have either hindered or helped the final outcome (depending on your opinion of the drawing), but if you think this is the product of a deranged mind you probably haven’t seen anything yet…
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