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Title: Maps as art
Post by: Hot Rod Hootenanny on September 11, 2017, 10:45:42 AM
http://www.automobilemag.com/news/cartography-artist-matt-cusick/ (http://www.automobilemag.com/news/cartography-artist-matt-cusick/)
Paper maps turned into collages.
Title: Re: Maps as art
Post by: epzik8 on September 11, 2017, 11:49:29 AM
That's so cool.
Title: Re: Maps as art
Post by: Roadgeekteen on September 11, 2017, 09:17:24 PM
That must of taken a long time to complete.
Title: Re: Maps as art
Post by: inkyatari on September 12, 2017, 09:30:03 AM
I've always thought maps are art.

This is GREAT art.
Title: Re: Maps as art
Post by: US71 on September 13, 2017, 11:21:06 PM
Quote from: inkyatari on September 12, 2017, 09:30:03 AM
I've always thought maps are art.

This is GREAT art.

Remember the (I think) Chevron maps with the painted covers?
Title: Re: Maps as art
Post by: wanderer2575 on September 14, 2017, 12:37:46 AM
Very cool.  A variation of a photographic mosaic*.

(*Trademarked term deliberately avoided.)
Title: Re: Maps as art
Post by: inkyatari on September 14, 2017, 01:56:03 PM
Quote from: US71 on September 13, 2017, 11:21:06 PM
Quote from: inkyatari on September 12, 2017, 09:30:03 AM
I've always thought maps are art.

This is GREAT art.

Remember the (I think) Chevron maps with the painted covers?

Never had any Chevron ones.  Had a boatload of Conoco ones, however.
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