Today's artwork in progress. #penplotter #plotterart #NextDraw

Come and visit us @forgeandcraft at the #WimbledonArtFair May 14-17 for more 😊

Time lapse of recent 25.0816.01 print. 1 hour plot at 120X speed.

11"x15"
Uniball UM-153 red, blue, and black gel pens on watercolor paper

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25.0816.01

11"x15"
Uniball UM-153 red, blue, and black gel pens on watercolor paper

#penplotter #printmaking #nextdraw #penplotart #abstractart #MastoArt

The background to "Heliocode", our latest #PlotterArt piece submitted for the Wimbledon Art Fair fundraising sale. #NextDraw #Creativity

https://andypiper.co.uk/2025/04/28/heliocode/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Our Forge & Craft “mini-masterpiece”1 for the Wimbledon Art Fair for spring 2025, is titled Heliocode.

Throughout the past year, we’ve been experimenting with the use of paint as an element of our pen plotter work. This is not to the same extent as some of our friends in the community, who have built complete systems to pick and apply colours individually2 – instead, we’re using 3D printed styli to draw through poured paints. We’ve found this to be an interesting combination, juxtaposing the organic and unpredictable movement of the paints with the precision of the drawn lines.

Our previous mini-masterpiece, New Horizons, was in the show sale last November; a behind-the-scenes image crept into my previous post about plotter work.

The new piece, Heliocode, is something that Heidi spent a lot of time on, largely while I was travelling in my new role! The line art design was my principal contribution – that may reappear in different form, in a future project; experimentation with paint, and creation of the final artwork, were all thanks to her efforts. The design was was not intended to be reminiscent of the previous work, at all (in fact, it was never created with the intent to be plotted) – although, viewed one after the other, I can see that there’s a coincidental similarity.

Heliocode

The artwork was created with a Bantam Tools NextDraw 1117, and again combines poured paint techniques with the more strict stylus dynamics of a coded SVG design. We chose a vibrant yellow medium, and a dark violet for the line art. A slight imperfection still found its way into the pattern, which is part of the charm of working with a mixture of digital and analog tools.

Feel free to take a look at the new work, on the Wimbledon Art Fair sale site – it is one of a kind, at an affordable price.

You can also come to visit us at the event itself – find us in Red Studios 273, between May 8th – May 11th 2025.

https://andypiper.co.uk/2025/04/28/heliocode/

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Putting down the last of 8 ink layers on this album cover commission study. Might just be the final I like it so much.

Pilot G2 pens on 12-3/8" square Arches paper.

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2504.08

Pilot G2 pens and paint on 10"x14" Arches

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