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Ian Dawson

Spirolator

Felt tip pen & Biro on paper, 2004

£2,500

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This artwork is a fantastic technical feat using nothing but a simple child’s spirograph to create a multi-textured world of patterns. The artist is interested in the fine line between material investigation, scientific enquiry and absurdity. His intelligent work produces a graceful aesthetic from often quite lumpen materials. He has inspired hundreds of fabulous artworks from the imagination of children within House of Fairy Tales events.