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Friday Favorite: Laura Komai

3/22/2013

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This Friday’s featured artist is Laura Komai and her beautiful batik map book!
Check out her ah-mazing pages:
Laura Komai, batik map book
There are 30-something pages in all, which trace the course of a river and have the words from
Norman Maclean's A River Runs Through It written in melted wax:
Eventually all things merge into one and a river runs through it.
The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time.
On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words and some of the words are theirs.

I love the way the original maps show through!
Laura Komai, batik map book
Laura Komai, batik map book
Laura Komai, batik map book
Laura Komai, batik map book
Laura’s formal education includes a B.A. in Geology and an M.S. in Geography!
She explains: Good intentions of being a college professor flew out the window as more and more time was spent working on art projects.

Visit her website here.
TGIF!
Mary^
9 Comments
Lindsay link
3/21/2013 10:49:48 pm

I have never ever soon such colorful maps. Gorgeous!

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gloria link
3/22/2013 01:57:26 am

Laura's work is awesome. Such beautiful work. Thanks for sharing Mary. Have a great day. By the way, I love the photo of you and your family pet member. It's darling.

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Crafty Dawn link
3/22/2013 08:36:47 pm

I also like how the map shows through you picked a good artist here very lovely work.

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janice link
3/22/2013 09:27:39 pm

I am speechless. Laura's work is stunning!

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Laura Moore link
3/22/2013 11:06:03 pm

Do you know I didn't know there were so many fabulous artists out there basing their art on maps. Thanks for sharing.

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zafaran link
3/23/2013 02:25:48 am

The lovely art here is absolutely ah-mazing! I can understand Laura's explanation about letting go of college job because that's exactly what I did too! Love of art is a big river running through us, I guess.
Thank you Mary for sharing.

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Kristin Van Valkenburgh
3/23/2013 09:28:40 am

I love seeing all the artists that work with maps because of you! You've highlighted another wonderful artist, thank you :) xo

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Susan
3/25/2013 02:39:49 am

I think her work looks so unique. That white prints just pop out.

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Lisa Isabella Russo link
3/26/2013 07:11:12 pm

Beautiful colors and composition. I love the quote too. I had no idea how many wonderful artists use maps in there art creations before visiting here...

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