This Friday’s featured artist is Emily Garfield and her lovely imaginary cartography!
Map Art by Emily Garfield
She writes:
I invent each place as I draw, thinking about clustering of neighborhoods, patterns of roads and the individual selective memory that an inhabitant would use to navigate their city. The physical materials also influence each work; the topography of watercolor paper, the force of gravity on ink, or the tensile limitations of paper all structure my drawings in the same way that a landscape influences urban growth.
Of course, I'm drawn to her maps that contain teal, which I love!
I invent each place as I draw, thinking about clustering of neighborhoods, patterns of roads and the individual selective memory that an inhabitant would use to navigate their city. The physical materials also influence each work; the topography of watercolor paper, the force of gravity on ink, or the tensile limitations of paper all structure my drawings in the same way that a landscape influences urban growth.
Of course, I'm drawn to her maps that contain teal, which I love!
Small Connections (Cityspace #188), 5 x 7 inches, watercolor on paper
Jade Island (Cityspace #173), 5 x 7 inches, watercolor and pen
Growing Fields, 11 x 15 inches, watercolor on paper
See more of Emily's amazing map art on her website here or add some to your collection by visiting her
Etsy shop here!
TGIF!
Etsy shop here!
TGIF!