I first came across Blotter Art in 2002.  I found Alex Grey's piece 'Deities and Demons drinking from the milky pool' printed onto Blotter.  I started researching a learning more about Blotters.  I was familiar with the LSD connections as I had experimented with LSD as a teenager, but I was unfamiliar with the rising interest in Blotter 'ART' and it's history.

LSD (Acid), came in liquid form, and was originally made into pills or sold on sugar cubes. The dealers would use certain colours of pills to define their ‘brand’ or strength. After LSD was made illegal, and mandatory minimum sentencing was put in place, the dealers set about finding another, lightweight way to supply their drug. This was due to dealers being prosecuted by weight of the LSD they were carrying. One trip on a 1 gram sugar cube, would get the same sentence as someone carrying 1 gram of LSD crystals (enough for 10,000 doses). It is believed that LSD pills became more and more troublesome and difficult to produce, so an alternative was found.

The blotter sheets were divided up into tiny squares called ‘tabs’, and perforated to make it easier to distribute. Doses could be placed onto each tab, either by painstakingly dropping each dose onto each tab, or by soaking the sheet in the liquid. As before, the dealers liked to ‘brand’ their acid, and so designs were put onto the blotter sheets, to give the consumer an idea of what they were getting, and who from. Images were selected to represent the kind of trip you could expect, or the dealers’ trademark. Needless to say, there were no limits to the type of artwork seen on a blotter. Some had tiny images repeated on each tab, some were larger images printed over the whole sheet. One thing is for sure, the underground, ‘folk’ art quality of Blotters is interesting and in some cases inspiring, with older designs becoming ‘Classic pieces of Drug History’.

Today, in 2007, Blotter Art is seen very differently. It now refers to a very collectible form of Folk Art, with many new designs being seen on the market. Visually, the images are still psychedelic, ‘trippy’ or controversial, appealing to a wide range of art collectors.

Obviously, the Blotters you buy today are 100% drug free, It is ART! It is a celebration of a time when life was very different. Flower power, peace marches, love, hippies, and possibly the odd dabbling with Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds! 

I do not sell blotters for any purpose other than Art appreciation and collectables.   These Blotters are undipped i.e (and I'll spell it out to you idiots that still email me) THEY DO NOT CONTAIN ANY DRUGS.

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