Paper Clips


In line with an earlier post about barbed wire and its many iterations…here are a couple of sketches of mine (aggregated from these images) representing just a tiny swath of all the paper clip designs out there. Did you know that the original Gem paper clip, introduced as early as 1892, and the one most commonly used, was never patented? Ouch. For a little history go here.






Sunday 11.25.12 at 3:30 pm
I am very impressed… At first sight I thought these were pages from a vintage catalogue. You did a beautiful job on them!
Friday 11.30.12 at 6:04 pm
Me too! I thought they were from a vintage catalogue until I recognized your pointed pen-manship. Lovely drawings.
Friday 03.29.13 at 6:28 am
Genius