Spirals6
Plotter Drawing
1970 (made)
1970 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This plotter drawing by David Caulkins was donated to the V&A by the Computer Arts Society (CAS). Four drawings by Caulkins were included in Creative Computers, an exhibition of works from the CAS collection held at the Gordon Maynard Gallery, Welwyn Garden City in 1972. The exhibition catalogue includes the following text:
"David Caulkins is at the Jacobi Computation Center in Los Angeles. He is the author of DART1 a general graphics system for artists, which runs on the Univac 1108 and Calcomp 663 drum plotter at the Center. Caulkins describes himself as more of a tool-builder than a tool-user, and he is currently debugging a new release of DART1."
"David Caulkins is at the Jacobi Computation Center in Los Angeles. He is the author of DART1 a general graphics system for artists, which runs on the Univac 1108 and Calcomp 663 drum plotter at the Center. Caulkins describes himself as more of a tool-builder than a tool-user, and he is currently debugging a new release of DART1."
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Spirals6 |
| Materials and techniques | Plotter drawing on paper |
| Brief description | Plotter drawing in blue ink on paper, mounted on board, 'Spirals6', by David Caulkins, 1970. |
| Physical description | Plotter drawing in blue ink on paper, mounted on board. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | '[illegible lettering] 2796.229980 TAPE 1885 2 TURN SPIRAL AROUND SPIRAL [illegible] 19mm' (In pencil on upper left side.) |
| Credit line | Given by the Computer Arts Society, supported by System Simulation Ltd, London |
| Production | Work created 08/08/1970 |
| Summary | This plotter drawing by David Caulkins was donated to the V&A by the Computer Arts Society (CAS). Four drawings by Caulkins were included in Creative Computers, an exhibition of works from the CAS collection held at the Gordon Maynard Gallery, Welwyn Garden City in 1972. The exhibition catalogue includes the following text: "David Caulkins is at the Jacobi Computation Center in Los Angeles. He is the author of DART1 a general graphics system for artists, which runs on the Univac 1108 and Calcomp 663 drum plotter at the Center. Caulkins describes himself as more of a tool-builder than a tool-user, and he is currently debugging a new release of DART1." |
| Other number | CAS/A/0002 - Previous owner's number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.134-2008 |
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| Record created | April 7, 2009 |
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