Illustration for "West Coast Forests" NZFS Publication

This one really was a very cool illustration to do.

Unfortunately when I grabbed a photocopy of it before it went to NZFS, the only copier available was not the best.

Strangely enough, in spite of that it hasn't come out too badly, because the slightly distressed look of the copy kind of suits the subject.

There are many places in New Zealand where the relics of past industries can be found standing out in the landscape - steam engines for driving mills, railroad engines for transporting logs, fell railroads and tunnels, all kinds of

equipment - some of it sitting in bare fields, some of it like this engine in the middle of forest regrowth.

I have a few photos of relics like this that I intend to work into images, because I am sure many people also find these things as fascinating as I do.