01code
Write the seed
A small JavaScript program. Noise, a grid, a recursive rule — the whole collection lives in a few hundred lines.
§ 03 — Behind the scenes
How this collection got made.
The AxiDraw plotted every vertical column in a single unbroken stroke. Ink density shifts where the noise amplitude peaked, creating a gradient the code never explicitly asked for.
Studio · Leiden · 2025
02simulate
Simulate & pick
Render variants in the browser, scroll through hundreds, mark the ones with weight. The rest go in the bin.
03plot
Plot on paper
Send the chosen variant to the AxiDraw. A real pen, on a real sheet. One pass, no retouches.
04ship
Pack & ship
Archival sleeve, board backing, flat box. Out of the studio in Leiden, tracking included.
- Pen
- Rotring Isograph 0.35 mm
- Ink
- Black archival
- Plotter
- AxiDraw V3 / A3
- Paper
- 300 gsm cotton