Rebuilding the Codex Drawing Series

Codex No. 1. Marker and pen on Moleskine A3 sketchbook. 2026.

Last year I tore up several drawings, including all 3 from my Codex series during what I can only describe as a clearing-out impulse. I didnโ€™t expect to revisit them and honestly thought they were gone for good, but recently I realised some of my drawings could be reconstructed โ€” not perfectly, but closely enough to honour the originals. I still have the grid system and old photos, and rebuilding them is strangely satisfying โ€” part recovery, part renewal. It feels less like copying and more like excavation work.

Codex No. 2 is still in progress, but its structure is coming back to life. More to come in near future.

Codex No. 1 (detail).
Codex No. 2 in progress

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4 responses to “Rebuilding the Codex Drawing Series”

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    Anonymous

    another tag I would add: fascinatingly hypnotic

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      Thatโ€™s a great description. Iโ€™m glad you think so! ๐Ÿ™‚

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      Thanks so much Max. Iโ€™ll be starting on No. 3 sometime today.

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