A pen and ink drawing of tightly curled persian lamb fur, commonly called ‘Astrakhan’.

Astrakhan was very popular on fur coats during the first half of the 20th century, usually in black colour. I drew this from various bits of vintage fur.

The structure of this tightly curled fur in its deceptive uniformity is rather mesmerising, I became really absorbed in it. To me it appears like a frozen process, a vision of something intangible – maybe resembling a pattern of how thoughts develop or concepts evolve.