The idea of a drawing machine has been around since the early 16th century with Albrecht Dürer's "Dürer's door"which was a device for drawing proper perspective. It consisted of a grid viewer and grid paper so the artists could use the grid correlation to create a more accurate drawing. Check out more historic drawing machines drawn by a drawing machine!
But today, this is not what we normally consider a "machine". The first machine that actually produced drawings itself (and not just a device to aid drawing) was designed by in 1960 by philosopher, Desmond Paul Henry out of an old bomb sight analog computer used in WWII. He was perplexed by the motions within the old computers and one day decided to capture this movement on paper. His drawing machines (he made a total of three) relied on mechanics of chance, and therefore could not be programed to create an intended design. His work is absolutely beautiful. It is so clean, yet not boring. Henry incorporated color and movement (he stopped the machines and moved them around in the middle of the process) to form wispy, organic but structured forms.
And today, you can make your own drawing machines using batteries, cell phone vibrators, or anything that makes motion! You can even buy your own drawing machine set (Although I think this is a huge ripoff after creating my own and realizing how simple it was)
But today, this is not what we normally consider a "machine". The first machine that actually produced drawings itself (and not just a device to aid drawing) was designed by in 1960 by philosopher, Desmond Paul Henry out of an old bomb sight analog computer used in WWII. He was perplexed by the motions within the old computers and one day decided to capture this movement on paper. His drawing machines (he made a total of three) relied on mechanics of chance, and therefore could not be programed to create an intended design. His work is absolutely beautiful. It is so clean, yet not boring. Henry incorporated color and movement (he stopped the machines and moved them around in the middle of the process) to form wispy, organic but structured forms.
And today, you can make your own drawing machines using batteries, cell phone vibrators, or anything that makes motion! You can even buy your own drawing machine set (Although I think this is a huge ripoff after creating my own and realizing how simple it was)
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