Inspiration

While on the internet I came across some amazing artists that use maps in a new and creative way.

I like how Ian Hundley takes ordinary maps and uses them to create informative quilts.

This piece is called Bierbergen Oedelum Black and is made using cotton, wool, silk and linen. More of his work can be seen at http://www.ianhundleystudio.com/quilts.php

Matthew Cusick uses maps as a surrogate for paint - their inherent visual qualities of tone, value, and density employed to render the spatial image of the highways. His works are mainlt based on the theme of travel roads and movement. These 2 pieces along with many others can be found at http://www.lisadent.com/ArtistWorks/Matthew/MatthewShowcase.html

Scott St John with maps to reconstruct other images such as quilts, 3d works, circles/dots and other figures.

This piece is 24" x 72" in size and was begun in 2004. The artist is still working on it to date.

http://www.tofuart.com/

And finally, Leah Evans's quilted wall hangings consist of layers of the following techniques: appliqué, reverse appliqué, piecing, natural and synthetic dyeing, needle-felting, hand printing, and a variety of embroidery stitches. She uses both machiene and hand sewing techniques to create these beautiful pieces.

More of her work can be seen on the artists website.http://leahevanstextiles.com/

Updated collage

More of the collage that I have begun....it's taking longer than expected! But hopefully, if all goes according to plan, it will look good in the end.

Current work

During one of my first weeks of this project I made this photo collage on the wall of my studio.

It is a collection of images I gathered in a bike shop on O Connell  Street. This week and for a few following, I plan to recreate this collage using a different medium for each image.

I began with the image to the far left of the photo and translated it into a line drawing.

I like how the complexity of the lines make this an appealing image.

Following that, I took the image above this and decided to turn it into a collage itself. It's taking time but I think it will look well once finished.

Ideas

I found this website the other day and it gave me some great ideas for working with maps http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/10511/magnificent-maps.html In the next week or so I plan on exploring different types of maps as well as working on the other side of my project; bikes.

Limerick in snapshots

These are a few of the photos I took in my first week to get inspiration for the

project. They are all of things that caught my eye while walking through

Limerick city.

Lost in this urban environment

Moving up to Limerick for the first time, I found it quite challenging getting to know the area
and the people. Quickly, I got to know my path from college to the apartment but as for the rest of the city - it was a mystery. I happened to stumble upon a map of Limerick during my first week and from then on, I knew i wanted to work using maps.

This is one of my first pieces of work based on the idea of a map of Limerick city.