Category Archives: Art

Bounded by a Box

Posted on March 25, 2011 by

A cut edge or a bounding box around a relief map creates cross-sectional profiles through the topography. The edges give additional reference points in visualising the lie of the land and for comparing relative distance, elevation and gradient. Sources and … Continue reading →

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Layered Landscapes

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

Images suspended on layers of glass or transparent plastic sheet to represent three-dimensional objects or landscapes. Sources and further information http://www.terrainmodels.com/glass.html http://www.davidspriggs.com http://www.nomart.co.jp/nakanishi/index.html

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Dioramas – the edge of the world, the end of the world and the time before

Posted on February 21, 2011 by

Before After The beginning of the world A world in a world The edge of the world

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Map Room – Ponderosa

Posted on October 28, 2010 by

One in a series of video installations I am working on that show the animated drawing of landscape maps featured in popular works of fiction. This was shown in the exhibition, Chipka at Netwerk, Aalst Belgium earlier this year. It … Continue reading →

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