Im a real squirrel nutkin pack rat collector for no real reason really, other than its abit of a safety blanket i suppose. Over the many years ive scoured thrift shops and charity garage sales and wrestled drawing equipment and books from all and sundry.
So needless to say - i have an incredibly vast collection of drawing draughting equipment. When i say vast i mean a huge collection. Im busy clearing my office this week. The possible adage of a cluttered head space is not always a fruitful one, springs now immediately to mind. Ive been sitting on all this stuff. scale rulers , rulers, technical pen sets , drawing boards and the like. My brother and sister inlaw , Shanna and Richard have done the kindest thing by creating space and allowing me to store my stuff outside of my office. They have also spent 5 weeks tirelessly working from 8 till very late repairing and changing necessary things around our home. I have to say - im humbled by this generosity and kindness.
I have a huge book rack now and dust free space for my many collections of stuff. I have immediate access to my library of books as well. I have thrown away skip loads of collected stuff over the last few weeks. Things and threads of possible concepts that ive moved on from. This process has been extremely liberating - and now as i survey the departing remnants of my previous creative space - Excitedly ready for the new. Im really excited to cut a new swath. Thanks Shannawanna and Richard the lion heart - Wow your hard work is really appreciated and has allowed me to see the blind spot of a space clutter-er. Its definitely been a much needed readjustment of a dead end, head knocking maze stuck mindset.
Found this model sketch of a destijl style drawing board i designed awhile back. Always felt if the tools one used to design where themselves art. The end products would be sublime. But small experience has taught me - One doesnt need artistic creative tools. A cheapy pen and scrap not all cut the same size paper can also yield good ideas. So in my searching for the best expressive creative tools - I missed the point that one can use dirt and just the hand - to express a plethora of thoughts. The qualoty of our creative tools is secondary to just being creative.
