Without any design training to steer him, Paolozzi was learning almost as much as his students. The back–to–basics principles of design, influenced by the Bauhaus ethos, coupled with a new cross–disciplinary approach, can be found in the exploration of line and pattern in these simple ink drawings. In 1951 Paolozzi married Freda Elliott (1925–2023), a textile designer. In photographs taken by Nigel Henderson (1917–1985) the same year, Freda is framed by her husband’s screenprinted designs of dots, lines and grids.