Tik Ne'edar

At first glance, these works look like intricate pen-and-ink drawings. But behind every line is a machine translating mathematics into motion.

A polargraph is a drawing robot that replaces the traditional printer with a pen suspended by two cords. Governed by the geometry of polar coordinates, it converts digital data into physical marks, slowly tracing complex images over many hours.

What begins as pure code gradually becomes a physical reality.

Because a real pen is moving across real paper, the final work is unmistakably analogue. Ink flows, fibers absorb, and tiny mechanical variations influence every stroke. These subtle imperfections—slight tremors in the line or shifts in ink density—ensure that no two drawings are ever identical. Unlike a digital print, each piece is a genuine, one-of-a-kind pen drawing.

In Jonty Hurwitz’s work, the polargraph acts as a bridge between the digital and the physical. It is a visible trace of thousands of tiny decisions made by algorithms and carried out by motors.

The result is art that is simultaneously computational and handmade—the beautiful, tangible record of digital ideas coming to life through motion, time, and ink.