Studieblad, onder andere met ontwerpen voor elektrische lampen c. 1905

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet made this study sheet with designs for electric lamps. I love the idea of an artist sketching out ideas like this – it's like catching them in the act of thinking. What was he pondering as he drew those lines? Were these designs for a specific place, or were they just pure imagination taking shape on paper? Look at the delicate, looping lines and geometric shapes; you can almost feel the artist's hand moving across the page, refining and adjusting, searching for the right form. It's like a visual record of a thought process, each line a small decision, a step in the journey of creation. When you're drawing, you're inside your own head, but you're also in conversation with a whole lineage of artists and designers.