The Inchoate Schematic

David Armes

David Armes is a visual artist working with print, language and geography. He primarily works with letterpress printing and, inspired by a once-industrial process, is interested in where the multiple meets the unique, where the ephemeral meets the archival.

Although Armes situates much of his work within the fine art printmaking tradition, the work in the ‘Inchoate Schematic’ series is a little different. Initially begun during a 2018 residency at a remote studio in Norfolk, the series comprises one-off ‘drawings’ made in…