Formica was a key material for DIY dads, (mine
especially), in the Fifties and Sixties; whapped over old table tops, shelves etc.,
its groovy patterns helped turned Edwardian homes like ours into spaces fit to
watch Juke Box Jury in on a Saturday evening.
Invented as far back as 1912, it was a laminate
made from kraft paper with a melamine top surface. Formica-Formikel
is the seventh signed print:
Final signed print is Secrets of the Internal Combustion Engine. Paolozzi was fascinated by engineering and
loved related imagery. Back in the
Fifties/Sixties understanding of technology was limited outside specialist
communities. When cutaway drawings of
cars and aeroplanes began to appear more frequently in comics/general interest magazines,
it really was like letting light in on magic.
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