Map Art Lab: 52 Exciting Art Explorations in Mapmaking, by Jill K. Berry, Linden McNeilly

By Jill K. Berry, Linden McNeilly

Go back and forth in the course of the intriguing global of cartography with Map Lab. This enjoyable and inventive e-book gains fifty two map-related actions set into weekly routines, starting with legends and contours, relocating via varieties and kinds, after which developing custom-made maps that let you trip to new worlds.

Authors Jill ok. Berry and Linden McNeilly advisor readers via necessary suggestions whereas exploring colourful, crowd pleasing pics. The labs can be utilized as singular tasks or to accumulate to a 12 months of hands-on artistic reports. Map Lab is definitely the right publication for map fans, creative/DIY-inspired, designers. Artists of every age and adventure degrees can use this ebook to discover stress-free and fascinating workouts. all people loves maps. And what's to not love? they're attractive and engaging, they educate you issues, they convey you the place you're, locations you lengthy to head, and locations you dare to visualize.

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Unfold. Glue 2. Fold in half diagonally, right sides together. Unfold. (Fig. 1) 1 piece cover paper (width of map plus a bit by half the width 3. Fold in half diagonally the other way, right sides together. Unfold. of final map plus a bit) 4. Bring the sides of 1 together in the center. You should have a triangular paper cup. (Fig. 2) 5. Bring the pointed flaps to the center, one ① ①at a time, lining up the upper edges. (Fig. 3) ② ③ ① Po 6. Crease the sides firmly. Do this on all four sides, until you have a house shape.

The Orange County map (at right) shows the agricultural history on both sides of the top layer, with the present-day maze of streets and highways drawn on the art paper underneath. The Atlantis map features a paper layer depicting ruins receding behind three layers of semitransparent sheets. indd 42 Atlantis map layers 1/23/14 3:14 PM 2/10/14 4:15 PM TEXT (F29)_Job:01-40625 Title:RP-Map Art Lab 02-AC70356 #175 Dtp:221 Page: 42 b 2 instructions 1. Choose the number of layers that best represents the content of your map.

These maps help you go deeper into your experiences as they call you to play with pattern and color and discover how they both relate to meaning. You’ll leave traditional flat maps behind as you revisit trips, find the essential elements of your journeys, and gaze into the sky for inspiration. You even get to take a new look at your dinner and enter the fictional world of your favorite story! indd 49 1/23/14 3:21 PM 1/23/14 3:18 PM TEXT (F29)_Job:01-40625 Title:RP-Map Art Lab #175 Dtp:221 Page: 49 Lab 16 ZentangLe Your Vacation ® 1.

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