Patents that Don’t Exist

I’ve always loved patent illustrations, which range from crude back-of-a-napkin sketches to intricately detailed illustrations. However, without context many of these images alone seem mysterious, incomprehensible or even ridiculous. I love the process of creating patent drawings without really having an idea of what they are, at least at first and sometimes not even when they’re done. It’s more fun to leave it up to the imagination of the viewer.