Maps
are, to me, a work of art. My favourite art has always been that mid 20th
Century genre of simple, clear-lined landscapes. I love a good lino print and
admire the work of artists such as Ravilious and Bawden. I don’t think it is a
huge step from their work to that of the OS cartographer. I can visualise the
landscape marked out in the intermingling of a railway line and a river. I
could stand and stare at a map for much longer than I could a painting.
So,
I have little pieces of map artwork about my home. Here are a couple of
examples of what I call my Cartohoops. I
have put a circle of cloth bound map into an embroidery hoop (not as easy as it
sounds!) and used a needle and thread to just augment them a little and make
them mine.
For
the first, I used embroidery thread to pick out some of the features. This
shows a place where some of my ancestors came from so it is part of my family
album collection.
For
the second, I had a bit of fun trying out a piece of artwork aimed at pleasing
the keen cyclist, by using buttons as cycle wheels and embroidery thread as the
bike frame. A design I picked up on Pinterest.
Have
a play and see what makes you smile!
Both of these pictures are from my Instagram account - @Sarahmillerwalters
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