Category Archives: Landscapes

Elements of Melancholic Landscape

Posted on April 5, 2011 by
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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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Every Twenty Paces

Posted on January 27, 2011 by

Shoreham Fort

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The Hidden Half-Round

Posted on January 20, 2011 by

John Grade has been artist in residence at L’H du Siège, Valenciennes, France for the past three months during which time he has made two interrelated works that are now on show until 19 February, 2011. La Chasse (The Hunt), is … Continue reading →

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Aerial Viewing

Posted on December 10, 2010 by

When a photograph becomes a map, when a map becomes a model. Sources: annotated photograph, aerial map, artist map, model landscape.

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