My friend Mark Pawson, who has died aged 60 of a heart attack, was an artist who created a constant stream of postcards, badges, T-shirts and ephemera. His work found homes in the Tate Library collection and the V&A, as well as being bought by the singer Björk and countless badge-buyers from London to Tokyo. Mark did not attend art school, but was always in demand as a guest lecturer at various institutions including the London College of Communication and the Royal College of Art.
His badges were his best known work, every one made by hand, even when an order of 3,000 had him working through the night. He was a one-man production line whose work also spanned maps, posters and signs, and self-published books on niche subjects ranging from car-boot sale “noggins” (small wooden Viking figures) and Kinder Egg toys to plug-wiring diagrams.
