Day 104

'Strange Habits', Pen and Marker on Paper

Today's drawing is in reference to strange habit I had all throughout University, Whilst studying I spent the majority of my time working with found materials such as card, wire, thread, wood and paper. If you're spending much of your time then building and sculpting objects one thing you always need are all the basic necessary tools and bits and pieces, as without them you tend to become undone and lose any creative momentum. As a result I spent the majority of 3 years with a Stanley knife or craft knife somewhere about my person as it was the one thing I used most. In fact I would buy shed-loads of them and they were kept in the pockets of numerous jackets, jeans and trousers. The strange habit then is in regards to my ability to forget that I had said knife or knives in my pocket, only realising when I'd put my hand in my pocket to grab my wallet or my phone. Which is fine but I tended to somehow only manage to do this on a night out surrounded by people. Which then meant that I would spend the majority of the rest of the evening worrying about getting stopped and searched especially considering I had more blades than Gillette.