On The Sprue Art – Part 1 – The Blind Watchmaker

The Blind Watchmaker

As a child I wondered why plastic model kits came attached to a frame at all; why they hadn’t been removed from the sprue; indeed why they didn’t arrive fully assembled. Whatever the reason, they left an impression on me and I’m still irrationally attracted to designs featuring injection-molded plastic model kits on the sprue. So much so, that I’ve decided to do a small series based on these designs. Part 1 (this post) is about the cover art of The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins. There seem to be many different covers for this book and some of them relate better to Dawkins’ ideas, but this is the only one that features a model kit on the sprue. The model seems to be two men, a dog, a book and possibly a lectern. I can’t work out what the connection is between the cover and the text – if anyone out there has some ideas, I’d love to hear them.

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