This truly beautiful, large scale map was created by Scott while hand surveying Discovery Park with a plane table and pacing. He describes some of his process: “I walked as steady a bearing as possible across the park until I hit the shore of Puget Sound. The park is partially an old army fort with […]
These maps were drawn by Graeme to spatially document his dorm room at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He used them as preliminary research while creating a temporary sculptural intervention in the space for a class assignment. The drawings depict Graeme’s unique interpretation of a room he inhabits for only a brief period […]
Kelly creates paintings representing a satirical view of what it means to have ventured into the sea change phenomena (in Australia, an intentional move from urban city life to the ‘relaxed’ atmosphere of rural coastal towns). Kelly writes, “I’m inspired mainly by the weekly letters column in the local paper, but have since realized that […]
Scott sent this fascinatingly detailed map of alder trees that were felled by a family of beavers. He writes, “some people look at this as damage, but I like to point out that this is exactly what beaver are supposed to do. They’re actually making land and making forest when they cut down fast growing […]
Diana sent us these two watercolors from a series of works exploring visual connections between the islands of Narragansett Bay. She writes that she became fascinated with “the natural cycles of the bay, the islands large and small that dot the bay, and the history flowing in, around, and through.” As an artist she explores, […]
Dan says, “A friend who was driving from Albuquerque to Washington, DC stopped by my home just outside of Raleigh. He had described a bit of Lenoir City on the phone to me the night before he arrived. I asked him more questions about the place once he got here and embarked upon a drawing […]
Sage sent us this map outlining the first floor of an abandoned house in Springfield, Missouri. Her project used mapping and printmaking techniques to investigate the history of an abandoned home at 1163 Mary Street. Check out more about the project at her website.
Alex and his wife Beate sent us some maps found in their file maintained by the Stasi (the East German secret police). Alex told us, “My wife and I were suspected to be spies for the Dutch military. We stayed with family close to a Soviet airbase and after four visits we were arrested by […]
Scott, a mechanical engineer turned artist drew this detailed map using a homemade alidade and plane table (a set of 19th-century surveying tools used to sight and draw the angle of distant objects). The sketch reveals Scott’s process, recording its own construction. From a series of eight stations (A-H) pencil lines fan outward, one for […]