Serpent
1962
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1962
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Desmond Paul Henry made this drawing using a machine he built from parts of an old bombsight. No software. No controls. Just gears, a pen, and paper. The machine moved on its own, so the lines came out strange and wavy. He reused war tech to make art. The piece looks like a snake, but the machine made it that way. You can’t tell where the machine ends and the drawing begins. The drawing is at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
