Paul Spooner’s Sketchbook Moments

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This gallery is a selection of excerpts from some of Paul Spooner's sketchbooks.

They were originally published as individual blog posts between 2008 and 2012.

The Boyhood of Hitler
The Boyhood of Hitler - Watch out everyone. He’s having a big idea.
Are we in Arizona? Nope, Texas Pop. 181
Are we in Arizona? Nope, Texas Pop. 181
PIZZA COPERNICANO / PIZZA TOLOMAICO (the traditional geocentrists stuck with the Ptolomaic option).
Intermittent drive from mechanical rodent.
The whipping boy and his scapegoat.
Picasso’s Guernica with some of the more glaring errors corrected.
Baby robot
Reformed robot washing the feet of a leper.
Robo-Fetishist.
Robo-Eroticism.
Duo-Bot.
The Garden of Mechanical Knowledge. Converting (A) rotary motion into (B) linear motion.
Psychology of perception. A: Necker’s Cube B: Necker’s Bicycle This , if you don’t know, is about that ambiguous figure cited by Mr. Necker as being interpretable in 2 ways- a cube as if seen from above or, if you flip your mind, as if seen from below. most people see the from above view most strongly because, I think, cubes are most often seen from above rather than floating in the air. the bicycle has been very carefully drawn to look as if it’s either coming towards you or going away.
Pulseometer. Cocktail stick, blu-tak, coin. This one shows a method of amplifying the pulse in your wrist so you can see it more easily.
Chosen
Mr. Rowbottom was mentioned on the radio this morning…
Robotic Police State
Projectile. Mechanical interpretation of the Heimlich manoeuvre.
The Shop. You need it. We got it.
Inspirational Architecture: Yes we cantilever
Swimming Model.
Blump Blump - Heart in Mouth.
Unsuitable for Children.
The Unwritten Book.
Pig. Muck.
The temptation of St. Anthony Pie.
I slept but all night my eyes moved rapidly.
There’s nothing like the site of two healthy young women eating buns. Unless its the Grand Canyon by moonlight.
The three buns. A. The eldest bun inherits the estate. B. The middle bun goes into the church. C. The youngest bun goes into the army.
5 False Ruperts.
O.K. So Far, Endangered, Extinct.
P. Spooner’s dozing clown sale.
Cut out your own middleman.
Puzzles for Pussies.
Much of what you say is wise, little brother, but there is a great deal of undigested garbage mixed in with it.
Scenes from a faith school: Solid geometry.
Operators gagged so they don’t swear when something doesn’t work.
A man from the future kisses the foot of the young Rudolph Nureyer.
Tales from the cat’s bottom.
Machine designed to make the world a better place.
The hound of the Heimlich’s. Put food pellet in here.
Cat held in awkward position.
The english jail with clock, bell & hangman.
Bureau automatique.
That’s funny. The shepherd boy hasn’t cried wolf today. We’d better go & see what’s up.
Bed too tidy? Why not shout: Nurse! Come & rumple my bed.
Touch-tone dialing.
I feel so grateful for this free beer that I’ve bought one of these lovely souvenir craft objects.
The Veil of Order.
A convenient folding dog.
A robot creating his own pizza.
Les Voyeurs – a typical European art installation of the 1960’s.
“Isn’t it time you put a bit more seriousness into your work?” “We’re all going to die. Isn’t that serious enough for you?”
Lifestyle - Store over a million CDs in this stylish pit.
Sayings of famous artists No. 1 - Joseph Beuys – The samurai sword is a blutwurst.
Scenes from a Faith School - The naughty corner.
Scenes from a Faith School - Room 17. Reasonable Doubt. “Ye enter not young sir. This is no place for the uninformed mind.”
Scenes from Religion Made Mechanical - Judgement Day - The Dormition of the Virgin mary Walking on Water - The Fires of Hell - Lazarus - Feeding of the 5000 - Creation I - Creation II - The Parting of the Waters
Scenes from Religion Made Mechanical - St. Thomas - Aaron’s Rod - Unspotting the Lepers - Satan’s fall from heaven - Foolish virgins - Jezebel
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