Papershredding

Old radios, dip pen and ink and watercolors, 9x12in.

It was a great sketching evening at Automatic Response Systems in Berkeley. They offer paper shredding and hard drive destruction services and they have specialized machinery to do that. What no one would imagine is the amazing antique typewriters, radios, fans and several other machines on display in the store. I chose a corner that reminds me of the offices in Edward Hopper paintings. It was fun. More posts will follow from the other sketchers in the group.

Industrial Antique Sketching at Automatic Response Systems

1950 Royal Typewriter  

 Automatic Response Systems is located in a Berkeley industrial-zone warehouse where they offer drive-in shredding service for boxes of paper, secrets on your hard drives, or anything in between. Their Willy-Wonka like equipment rolls your papers up a ramp, grinds them in a massive shredder and flies them away through huge see-through tubes. The warehouse is also home to an amazing collection of antique office and industrial equipment. 

Victorian Steam Powered Drill Press Circa 1900

This enormous drill press is about 8 feet tall and much more substantial than my sketch makes it look.

1840s French Depose Metal Sculpture

When we first arrived I warmed up by sketching this statue of a beautiful woman who, unlike in my sketch, did not look disapproving of my drawing. 

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