{"id":5249,"date":"2011-12-10T08:24:37","date_gmt":"2011-12-10T13:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2011\/12\/personal_geographies\/"},"modified":"2018-04-08T16:22:18","modified_gmt":"2018-04-08T20:22:18","slug":"personal-geographies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2011\/12\/personal-geographies\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Geographies"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>If you’re interested in maps as art, you probably already have copies of books like You Are Here<\/a><\/em> and The Map as Art<\/a><\/em>, excellent collections of map art curated by Katharine Harmon (if you don’t have these books and you’re interested, now you know; off you go). If, on the other hand, you’re a crafty sort and are interested in making<\/em> art with maps\u2014whether as raw material or as theme\u2014then a new book by Jill K. Berry<\/a>, Personal Geographies: Explorations in Mixed-Media Mapmaking<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, may be worth your attention.<\/p>\n

Personal Geographies<\/em> is a short guide to making maps about personal subjects using the techniques of mixed-media artwork. Let me unpack that a bit. Mixed media<\/a> involves combining several different art forms: paint, pen and ink, photography, collage; different materials and textures. Berry, lists as supplies a number of different kinds of paper and cardstock; pencils, crayons and paints; adhesives; tools; and embellishments like ribbons.<\/p>\n

These are the raw materials. Berry chooses as her theme so-called personal<\/em> geographies, broken up into three chapters: maps of the self, in which the personal is mapped to pictures of the head, the hand, the heart or the body; maps of personal experiences, such as trips; and art pieces made from real and fictional maps. Each lavishly illustrated chapter gives sample projects with step-by-step instructions; each chapter also collects map projects from a number of different artists to show you what else might be possible.<\/p>\n

I received an electronic review copy of this book.<\/p>\n

Amazon<\/a> | iBooks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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