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This edition of linocuts is inspired by a 1918 photo of an all female survey crew in the American west (as part of the Minidoka Project in Idaho). Each print is burnished by hand on delicate Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper, 14" by 11" (35.6 cm by 28 cm) and embellished with actual scientific field maps from western North America. These hard-working women would have produced the sorts of data fundamental to producing the maps like these geological, topographic and seismicity (or earthquake) maps. The history of science is not only a series of exploits of well-known genius experimentalists, famous for their eureka moments; nor is it simply a tale of paradigm shifts brought about by wiser theorists who suddenly saw the need to shift the entire underpinnings of a given field of science. The history of science is also a tale of hard work by countless unknowns; an all-female survey crew from the early twentieth century seem especially unknown. We have no record of their names and they do not fit our preconceived notions of who explored and mapped the west, or who did fundamental scientific grunt work.
The series came out of a custom order. The photo has been an inspiration for part of Mapping Meaning (www.mappingmeaning.org) a SciArt collaboration of artists, scientists and scholars to explore "questions of social, mental, and environmental ecology". I proposed portraying these women and incorporating vintage geological, topographic and seismicity maps of the western North America, so that each print would be unique. All of the vintage maps came from the Geological Survey of Canada and were actually used in the field - as a tip of the hat to these women.
This edition of linocuts is inspired by a 1918 photo of an all female survey crew in the American west (as part of the Minidoka Project in Idaho). Each print is burnished by hand on delicate Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper, 14" by 11" (35.6 cm by 28 cm) and embellished with actual scientific field maps from western North America. These hard-working women would have produced the sorts of data fundamental to producing the maps like these geological, topographic and seismicity (or earthquake) maps. The history of science is not only a series of exploits of well-known genius experimentalists, famous for their eureka moments; nor is it simply a tale of paradigm shifts brought about by wiser theorists who suddenly saw the need to shift the entire underpinnings of a given field of science. The history of science is also a tale of hard work by countless unknowns; an all-female survey crew from the early twentieth century seem especially unknown. We have no record of their names and they do not fit our preconceived notions of who explored and mapped the west, or who did fundamental scientific grunt work.
The series came out of a custom order. The photo has been an inspiration for part of Mapping Meaning (www.mappingmeaning.org) a SciArt collaboration of artists, scientists and scholars to explore "questions of social, mental, and environmental ecology". I proposed portraying these women and incorporating vintage geological, topographic and seismicity maps of the western North America, so that each print would be unique. All of the vintage maps came from the Geological Survey of Canada and were actually used in the field - as a tip of the hat to these women.
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-Cow jaw bone, map
The term “lungs of the city” is one of several metaphors commonly used to describe nature. Borrowed from parks in London, the phrase was made popular in the U.S. by renowned landscape designer and engineer Frederick Law Olmsted. Charles Whitnall, having grown up on the Milwaukee River, readily elicited similar language as a member of the Socialist Party and first Secretary of the Milwaukee County Park Commission (starting 1907) – referring to the benefits of a “transfusion of nature’s refined blood” associated with the development of a geographically and ecologically interconnected park system.[1]
While both Olmsted and Whitnall believed that nature was an indicator of human physical and mental health, they differed in their means of reaching such a state. Olmsted’s background in English Romanticism and Victorian landscape led him to emphasize the “view,” or an accentuated aesthetic brake in the landscape, as an element of formal parks.[2] In contrast, Whitnall focused on providing experiences of nature in everyday settings – such as streets, boulevards, and “parked ways” as green space corridors.[3]
Both viewpoints can be seen as a response to the industrialization period and the urbanization of Milwaukee. Olmsted reflected on culture itself and declared the designation of parks imperative. As illustrated in the 1868 memoir The Justifying Value of a Public Park, he asked himself a dire question: “Considering that [the park movement] has occurred simultaneously with the great enlargement of towns and development of urban habits, is it not reasonable to regard it as a self-preserving instinct of civilization?”
1.Charles B. Whitnall, lecture at USC, 1937, Milwaukee Historical Society
2.Frederick L. Olmsted, Address to {the} Prospect Park Scientific Association, 1868
3.Charles B. Whitnall, The First Tentative Report of the Metropolitan Park Commission [City of Milwaukee], 1909, Milwaukee Historical Society
One of a kind vintage map art canvas wall print featuring the line: "I Want To have Adventures With You"..The background is covered in vintage map pieces which are mounted on an 11X14", 1/2 inch deep, pre-stretched canvas.The graphic is adhered over top of the salvaged map pieces, then the entire canvas is sealed to protect it. ..Entire canvas is covered for a quality gallery look without the need for a frame. .Canvas is ready to be hung, and will add an interesting and unique design element to your wall!http://stoicdesign.etsy.com
Are you head over heels about procrastination? Do you enjoy putting off until tomorrow what you should probably get done today? Would you generally prefer to be back in bed? If you answered yes to any or all of these questions then we have just the product for you! id-iom's new range of inspirational maps are ideal to both educate and demotivate at the same time!
Today is the day Stockport! - although thinking about it perhaps next week would be better...
She's on an OS Landranger map and is made using the magic of spray paint, stencils and imagination. She's already got a home to go to so she can't be yours...
Cheers
id-iom
It's day 2 of Map Week here at id-iom and today we're turning our attention to Ordnance Survey Landranger map 133 AKA North East Norfolk.
Are you head over heels about procrastination? Do you enjoy putting off until tomorrow what you should probably get done today? Would you generally prefer to be back in bed? If you answered yes to any or all of these questions then we have just the product for you! id-iom's new range of inspirational maps are ideal to both educate and demotivate at the same time!
Just do it Norfolk - or don't. Up to you really...
Today is the day Norfolk - although thinking about it perhaps next week would be better...
Available for the sporting price of £60 each! Drop us a line if you need her to adorn your wall...
Cheers
id-iom
Preliminary Design of River Park by Frederick Olmsted (1891),
Antiquities of Wisconsin by Increase Lapham (1851),
Place-based photos taken from Riverside Park and neighborhood along a West to East visual transect.
As the first scientist of Wisconsin, Increase Lapham surveyed and recorded thousands of Native American effigies and burial mounds across the state from the 1830s to 1850s. Wisconsin archeology indicates that there was once a Native American campsite on the West bank of the Milwaukee River between Locust St. and Humboldt Ave (presently Gordon Park), and several conical mounds on the East bank (Riverside Park). The mounds were presumably destroyed in the building of the roads and two parks in the late 1800’s.[1]
The effigy mounds recorded along the Milwaukee River mainly included animals such as panthers, turtles, birds, bears, deer, beaver, etc. However, some shapes (later re-labeled as a type of bird or man) were more obscure. Lapham originally labeled this effigy figure as a “cross” because of the resemblance to the Christian symbol.[2]
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata is a highly invasive species in the mustard family, Cruciferae (also Brassicaceae), and a plant that the UEC actively manages for by pulling and smothering. Its pedals are white and cross-shaped, and it’s highly competitive roots release toxins, which inhibit other plants from using beneficial symbiotic mycorrhizal fungi from the soil. The Wisconsin population is of the European genotype.[3]
The mustard plant and its seeds are referenced in every major religious text. In the Bible it is used by Jesus to illustrate how his message would start small (like a tiny mustard seed), but spread and eventually become a large part of the garden (Matthew 13:31–32). The story essentially crosses religious culture with evolutionary time.
1. Peet, S. D. (1890) Prehistory of America: Emblematic mounds and animal effigies (Vol. 2). Chicago: American Antiquarian Office.
2. Lapham, I.A. The Antiquities of Wisconsin (Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1855). Retrieved from the Milwaukee Historical Society Lapham collection
3. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (2004). Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata). Retrieved August 3, 2012, from dnr.wi.gov/invasives/fact/garlic.htm
Made from old text paper then embellished with envelopes scrapbook paper
geli prints graph paper and washi tape. thick but not to many pages which was what I was going for. Only 7.5
Good advice is all over the place. As is bad advice. The key to success lies in knowing the difference between the two. 'A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man so just be yourself' is good advice. 'A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man so just be yourself' - unless you can be id-iom, in which case, be id-iom' is great advice.
Once you've added that most cromulent advice to a map of Dorking and the surrounding area you've got yourself something that is educational, useful and inspirational all at the same time. And it can be yours. All you have to do is drop us a line and we can get our guys to speak to your guys and work something out...
Cheers
id-iom
#ShirtUrbanization | Melbourne urban area | Map Art on T-Shirts
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Scenes from the opening party of my solo show at
senaspace
229 Centre St NY, NY
and the after party at my bar
baby grand
161 lafayette st NY, NY
photos by Terry Collins
It's always nice to get pictures of our artworks in their forever homes - especially when they've been framed nicely and are hanging out in pride of place in a fully equipped home bar/man cave. 'Isle of You' was produced as a wedding gift for a couple of friends on the Isle of Man. I can't imagine a better place for this little beauty to be residing. Best of luck to her...
Cheers
id-iom
Here at id-iom we’re happy when things come full circle. It started with a map of Doncaster and the surrounding area. One half of id-iom thought ‘This is perfect. I know a few people from Donny so I’m sure I can come up with something smart and urbane’. Then, of course, inspiration deserted him and left him staring at a map of Yorkshire with no plan in sight.
Deciding to find inspiration elsewhere he got in touch with someone from Doncaster and asked for some assistance. They gave him the following to work with:
“1. Jeremy Clarkson - his mother had the Paddington bear factory
2. Kevin Keegan
3. Lesley Garrett
4. John Parr who did St Elmo's fire tune, actually comes to our local pub
Very hard Hugo we are just a little mining town up North”
And that was enough to get him on his way. After looking studiously at finding something from the proffered options I was just about to lose all hope of finding inspiration until I read the last line back to myself again and there it was…Just a little mining town up North. Phew!
Fast forward a few months and a friend is looking for a Christmas present for her dad - who just happens to be the person who was contacted for Doncaster inspiration in the first place - and so finally his momentous quote finds its own way back to him. Circle closed. A fitting end to 2022.
Cheers
id-iom
Here at id-iom we’re happy when things come full circle. It started with a map of Doncaster and the surrounding area. One half of id-iom thought ‘This is perfect. I know a few people from Donny so I’m sure I can come up with something smart and urbane’. Then, of course, inspiration deserted him and left him staring at a map of Yorkshire with no plan in sight.
Deciding to find inspiration elsewhere he got in touch with someone from Doncaster and asked for some assistance. They gave him the following to work with:
“1. Jeremy Clarkson - his mother had the Paddington bear factory
2. Kevin Keegan
3. Lesley Garrett
4. John Parr who did St Elmo's fire tune, actually comes to our local pub
Very hard Hugo we are just a little mining town up North”
And that was enough to get him on his way. After looking studiously at finding something from the proffered options I was just about to lose all hope of finding inspiration until I read the last line back to myself again and there it was…Just a little mining town up North. Phew!
Fast forward a few months and a friend is looking for a Christmas present for her dad - who just happens to be the person who was contacted for Doncaster inspiration in the first place - and so finally his momentous quote finds its own way back to him. Circle closed. A fitting end to 2022.
Cheers
id-iom
The symbols of Québec, its provincial bird, the snowy owl and its tree, the yellow birch cover the hand-carved map of Québec in this linocut. The block was inked 'à la poupée' (with different colours, Payne's gray, gold, black and yellow, in different areas) and printed by hand on lovely Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper. Each print is 23.5 cm by 31.8 cm (9.25" by 12.5"). The print is one of an edition of eight.
The snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) is found throughout the circumpolar regions. The nest in arctic regions (including the northermost tip of Québec), but range throughout much of Canada when they are not breeding. Many Canadians will be nostalgic for the Inuit ookpik. The yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis) is a yellow-bronze birch found from the Maritimes through southern Québec and Ontario into Manitoba and south to the US northeast.
Here at id-iom we're moving straight into map week without a care in the world! First up to get the id-iom demotivational treatment is 'Aberystwyth and surrounding area'.
Are you head over heels about procrastination? Do you enjoy putting off til tomorrow what you should probably get done today? Would you generally prefer to be back in bed? If you answered yes to any or all of these questions then we have just the product for you! id-iom's new range of inspirational maps are ideal to both educate and demotivate at the same time! Good vibes only Aberystwyth - only joking!
Available for the sporting price of £60! Drop us a line if you need her to adorn your wall...
Cheers
id-iom
#map #stencil #art #painting #mapart #motivational #demotivational #mapart #inspirational #goodvibesonly #onlyjoking #demotivate #aberystwyth #procrastination #quote #text #pochoir #graffiti
Here at id-iom we’re happy when things come full circle. It started with a map of Doncaster and the surrounding area. One half of id-iom thought ‘This is perfect. I know a few people from Donny so I’m sure I can come up with something smart and urbane’. Then, of course, inspiration deserted him and left him staring at a map of Yorkshire with no plan in sight.
Deciding to find inspiration elsewhere he got in touch with someone from Doncaster and asked for some assistance. They gave him the following to work with:
“1. Jeremy Clarkson - his mother had the Paddington bear factory
2. Kevin Keegan
3. Lesley Garrett
4. John Parr who did St Elmo's fire tune, actually comes to our local pub
Very hard Hugo we are just a little mining town up North”
And that was enough to get him on his way. After looking studiously at finding something from the proffered options I was just about to lose all hope of finding inspiration until I read the last line back to myself again and there it was…Just a little mining town up North. Phew!
Fast forward a few months and a friend is looking for a Christmas present for her dad - who just happens to be the person who was contacted for Doncaster inspiration in the first place - and so finally his momentous quote finds its own way back to him. Circle closed. A fitting end to 2022.
Cheers
id-iom
Scenes from the opening party of my solo show at
senaspace
229 Centre St NY, NY
and the after party at my bar
baby grand
161 lafayette st NY, NY
photos by Terry Collins
Scenes from the opening party of my solo show at
senaspace
229 Centre St NY, NY
and the after party at my bar
baby grand
161 lafayette st NY, NY
photos by Terry Collins
Here at id-iom we’re happy when things come full circle. It started with a map of Doncaster and the surrounding area. One half of id-iom thought ‘This is perfect. I know a few people from Donny so I’m sure I can come up with something smart and urbane’. Then, of course, inspiration deserted him and left him staring at a map of Yorkshire with no plan in sight.
Deciding to find inspiration elsewhere he got in touch with someone from Doncaster and asked for some assistance. They gave him the following to work with:
“1. Jeremy Clarkson - his mother had the Paddington bear factory
2. Kevin Keegan
3. Lesley Garrett
4. John Parr who did St Elmo's fire tune, actually comes to our local pub
Very hard Hugo we are just a little mining town up North”
And that was enough to get him on his way. After looking studiously at finding something from the proffered options I was just about to lose all hope of finding inspiration until I read the last line back to myself again and there it was…Just a little mining town up North. Phew!
Fast forward a few months and a friend is looking for a Christmas present for her dad - who just happens to be the person who was contacted for Doncaster inspiration in the first place - and so finally his momentous quote finds its own way back to him. Circle closed. A fitting end to 2022.
Cheers
id-iom
It's always nice to get pictures of our artworks in their forever homes - especially when they've been framed nicely and are hanging out in pride of place in a fully equipped home bar/man cave. 'Isle of You' was produced as a wedding gift for a couple of friends on the Isle of Man. I can't imagine a better place for this little beauty to be residing. Best of luck to her...
Cheers
id-iom
“Why should the particular pieces of land to which the term park was first applied have been regarded as choice & peculiarly desirable possessions for so long a time & by men of such very different wants & habits?”
–Frederick L Olmsted on the Psychological Effects of Park Scenery, 1868
“Frank’s Hill,” or the Shadewald Mound Groups located along the north bank of the Wisconsin River in Richland County is on the National Register of Historic Places for “Prehistory” and “Religion” (NPS.gov). The Late Woodland Cultures (500-1000CE) traveled an extensive river networks to build animal effigy mounds and burial mounds out of their deceased. This vast river culture included settlements located on Lake Michigan and the Milwaukee River.[2]
In viewing the landscape from an aesthetic perspective, both the Shadewald Mounds and the Milwaukee River-Lake Michigan corridor share elements commonly associated with Olmsted and Romantic style landscape design – even though only the city of Milwaukee had such formal design. A place to sit underneath a tree overlooking the water, or the roundabout paths, branching off towards the top of the highest hill, closest to the water. Olmsted termed this romantic and transcendental style, calling it simply the “view” principle.[1] He applied it in the construction of Lake Park in Milwaukee, which of course was built over numerous effigy and burial mounds.
In the historic 1855 publication of The Antiquities of Wisconsin, Increase Lapham describes in great detail the site location and characteristics of earthwork mounds, in which he further reinforces Olmsted’s theory of landscape aesthetics. In it he states:
“The banks of rivers appear to have been their favorite localities; and in this respect they resemble the present Indians, who select sites commanding a view of the country around them (so as to detect the first approach of an enemy), and near hunting and fishing grounds. They appear also to have had an eye for the beautiful as well as the useful, in choosing their places of abode.”
The Shadewald Mound Group photos remind us of what a park might look like before it is labeled as such. Whether a threat of urbanization or environmental change, the value of beauty is a constant that resonates through the landscape through time, and is a primary driver in site location. Toady, Lake Park is on the National Registry of Historic Places for significance in not only “Landscape Architecture” and “Engineering”, but for “Prehistory” and "Information Potential" as well (NPS.gov).
1. Frederick L. Olmsted, Address to {the} Prospect Park Scientific Association, 1868
2. Robert Birmingham and Leslie E. Eisenberg, Indian Mounds of Wisconsin (Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2000).
Good advice is all over the place. As is bad advice. The key to success lies in knowing the difference between the two. 'A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man so just be yourself' is good advice. 'A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man so just be yourself' - unless you can be id-iom, in which case, be id-iom' is great advice.
Once you've added that most cromulent advice to a map of Dorking and the surrounding area you've got yourself something that is educational, useful and inspirational all at the same time. And it can be yours. All you have to do is drop us a line and we can get our guys to speak to your guys and work something out...
Cheers
id-iom
Scenes from the opening party of my solo show at
senaspace
229 Centre St NY, NY
and the after party at my bar
baby grand
161 lafayette st NY, NY
photos by Terry Collins
It's day 2 of Map Week here at id-iom and today we're turning our attention to Ordnance Survey Landranger map 133 AKA North East Norfolk.
Are you head over heels about procrastination? Do you enjoy putting off until tomorrow what you should probably get done today? Would you generally prefer to be back in bed? If you answered yes to any or all of these questions then we have just the product for you! id-iom's new range of inspirational maps are ideal to both educate and demotivate at the same time! Just do it Norfolk - or don't. Up to you really...
Today is the day Norfolk - although thinking about it perhaps next week would be better...
Available for the sporting price of £60! Drop us a line if you need her to adorn your wall...
Cheers
id-iom
Reed Canary Grass pulp
first Wisconsin catalog of species, Increase Lapham (1836)
In 1835, a dam just south of North Avenue was constructed to control the waters of the Milwaukee & Rock River Canal (M&RRC). The canal was scratched after only miles of construction, but the dam persisted until full deconstructed in 1997. The ecology of the Milwaukee River near Riverside Park has changed significantly over time – yet again with the removal of the dam, and a lower water level that has created new habitat for vegetation to re-colonize. One of these species is Reed Canary Grass.
Reed Canary Grass Phalaris arundinacea
•Considered an exotic invasive species
•Spreads underground by thick rhizomes and seed
•High genetic diversity
In Catalogue I challenge the meaning of “invasive.” Invasions are best defined not only by biological relationships, but through their political socio-biological networks. The modern model of invasion (“right plant, right place, right time”) is inadequate –species relationships are the opposite of nonsystematic, contingent, and random.[4] Accordingly, human ‘preparation of landscape’ is a prerequisite for most cases of invasion.{4] This means that the success of Reed Canary Grass is partially attributed to the existence of the North Avenue Dam, and the political actors leading up to today. Studies indicate that abiotic factors such as disturbance and change in hydrological regime can enhance Reed Canary Grass establishment and vegetative spread.[2] To what extent is the grass a “driver” or a “passenger” of environmental change is the hypothesis asked in ecological science.[3]
Note: the number one (1) footnote in Lapham’s 1835 Catalogue describes Amorpha canescens, a plant once thought to indicate the subsurface presence of lead.
1Wolski, K., and Wawrzyn, W. 2004. River on the rebound: Restoring the lifeblood that flows through the heart of Milwaukee. Available:
dnr.wi.gov/wnrmag/html/stories/2005/apr05/river.htm (2012 July).
2Lavergne, S. and J. Molofsky. 2004. Reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) as a biological model in the study of plant invasions.
3MacDougall S., & R. Turkington. 2005. Are Invasive Species the Drivers or Passengers of Change in Degraded Ecosystems?. Ecology, 86(1), 42-55.
4Robbins P. 2004. Comparing Invasive Networks: Cultural and Political Biographies of Invasive Species. Geographical Review 94:139-156.
Scenes from the opening party of my solo show at
senaspace
229 Centre St NY, NY
and the after party at my bar
baby grand
161 lafayette st NY, NY
photos by Terry Collins
giant map of north america in reverse - a print from a cruse scan of an original monoprint
shown here at 65" x 48" but available in smaller sizes
Two-year-old friends Adan and Devon play basketball in the morning darkness on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015.
Last time Martin (of Map Art fame) visitted we found that we were both fairly well matched at chess - neither of us are good, but we're close unought that the games are tight. Since then we've been playing email games. I keep mine set up on my cozycoleman crochet chess set in my office. I thought I was beating Martin in game seven, right from early on when I took a central piece. In fact it was troubling me how long it was taking me to capitalize on my advantage and finish it. Then came this email line:
49 Martin: Queen G2-A8 checkmate
ARGHHHHHHHHH
:-(
It's day 2 of Map Week here at id-iom and today we're turning our attention to Ordnance Survey Landranger map 133 AKA North East Norfolk.
Are you head over heels about procrastination? Do you enjoy putting off until tomorrow what you should probably get done today? Would you generally prefer to be back in bed? If you answered yes to any or all of these questions then we have just the product for you! id-iom's new range of inspirational maps are ideal to both educate and demotivate at the same time! Just do it Norfolk - or don't. Up to you really...
Today is the day Norfolk - although thinking about it perhaps next week would be better...
Available for the sporting price of £60! Drop us a line if you need her to adorn your wall...
Cheers
id-iom
Map of Lake Park (1885), Olmsted, Olmsted Eliot
“Why should the particular pieces of land to which the term park was first applied have been regarded as choice & peculiarly desirable possessions for so long a time & by men of such very different wants & habits?”
–Frederick L Olmsted on the Psychological Effects of Park Scenery, 1868
“Frank’s Hill,” or the Shadewald Mound Groups located along the north bank of the Wisconsin River in Richland County is on the National Register of Historic Places for “Prehistory” and “Religion” (NPS.gov). The Late Woodland Cultures (500-1000CE) traveled an extensive river networks to build animal effigy mounds and burial mounds out of their deceased. This vast river culture included settlements located on Lake Michigan and the Milwaukee River.[2]
In viewing the landscape from an aesthetic perspective, both the Shadewald Mounds and the Milwaukee River-Lake Michigan corridor share elements commonly associated with Olmsted and Romantic style landscape design – even though only the city of Milwaukee had such formal design. A place to sit underneath a tree overlooking the water – a roundabout path, branching off towards the top of the highest hill or bank closest to the water. Olmsted termed the “view” design element,[1] and applied it in the construction of Lake Park, which included the destruction of numerous mounds.
In the historic 1855 publication of The Antiquities of Wisconsin, Increase Lapham describes in great detail the site location and characteristics of earthwork mounds, in which he further reinforces Olmsted’s theory of landscape aesthetics. In it he states:
“The banks of rivers appear to have been their favorite localities; and in this respect they resemble the present Indians, who select sites commanding a view of the country around them (so as to detect the first approach of an enemy), and near hunting and fishing grounds. They appear also to have had an eye for the beautiful as well as the useful, in choosing their places of abode.”
The Shadewald Mound Group photos remind us of what a park might look like before it is labeled as such. Whether a threat of urbanization or environmental change, the value of beauty is a constant that resonates through the landscape through time, and is a primary driver in site location. Toady, Lake Park is on the National Registry of Historic Places for significance in not only “Landscape Architecture” and “Engineering”, but for “Prehistory” as well (NPS.gov).
1. Frederick L. Olmsted, Address to {the} Prospect Park Scientific Association, 1868
2. Robert Birmingham and Leslie E. Eisenberg, Indian Mounds of Wisconsin (Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2000).
watercolor dreams
//zoom for better view
//originally a map of england on a scrapbook page insert, but i painted over it
The symbols of the Yukon, its official bird, the Raven and its flower, fireweed cover the hand-carved map of the Yukon in this linocut. The block was inked 'à la poupée' (with different colours, pink-magenta and black in different areas) and printed by hand on lovely Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper. Each print is 23.5 cm by 31.8 cm (9.25" by 12.5"). The print is one of a variable edition of six.
Scenes from the opening party of my solo show at
senaspace
229 Centre St NY, NY
and the after party at my bar
baby grand
161 lafayette st NY, NY
photos by Terry Collins
The symbols of British Columbia, its provincial flower, the Pacific dogwood (Cornus nuttalli) and its animal, the Spirit Bear (also known as the Kermode bear, a white morph of the American Black Bear, Ursus americanus kermodei) cover the hand-carved map of BC in this linocut. The block was inked 'à la poupée' (with different colours, green and gold, in different areas) and printed by hand on lovely Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper. Each print is 23.5 cm by 31.8 cm (9.25" by 12.5"). The print is one of an edition of eight.