Friday Favorite: Steve and Mel of CartoCreative

8/22/2014

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This Friday's featured artists are Mel and Steve of CartoCreative!
I'm especially fond of their series of Neighborhood Maps!

(If you're unable to see the slide show below of their map art, please click here to view it on my website.)

Mel earned degrees in commerce and urban planning while Steve double majored in graphic design and cartography!

Steve and Mel have traveled extensively together – teaching English throughout Asia, road-tripping across North America, backpacking through Europe, and helping build habitats in Africa. Upon returning to Ontario, Canada, they began creating maps and skylines reminiscent of their adventures. Mel and Steve also enjoy creating maps of places they’ve yet to visit, too!

I love that each map is created by hand and that they can be specially customized – the size, the color, even a quote, a heart, or a path can be added!

To see all of their uniquely handmade maps, visit their website at www.cartocreative.com and their Etsy shop at www.etsy.com/shop/CartoCreative!

TGIF!

Mary

7 Comments

Cecilia R Swatton link

8/22/2014 04:00:37 am

These are so interesting and so beautifully done!

Mel & Steve link

8/23/2014 01:08:52 pm

Thank you so much for featuring us! We'll be adding more neighborhoods over the next few days.

We're also offering 15% off all items at cartocreative.etsy.com until September 2nd, 2014. Just use code LABORDAY14 at checkout.

Best,
Mel & Steve of CartoCreative

Dorothy McCarthy link

8/25/2014 12:00:43 am

I love your creation and I gotta get those stamps!!!

Jan C.

8/25/2014 01:37:33 am

This is awesome! I love the details and the layering. So cool!!

Liz Lumsden

8/25/2014 04:21:06 am

What a wonderful mixed media project!

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Cecilia Swatton link

8/25/2014 06:34:11 am

Your underlying map theme always leads you to good places!

Saundra A.

8/25/2014 07:43:04 am

I love mixed media but have not gotten as far in to it as you. Very inspiring! I have a some stencils but do not use to their full potential I think. Love what you have done.