Introduction
I threatened to go off at a tangent quite early on in this chapter as the first activity, identifying interesting areas of maps, did lend itself to a bit of treatment. However I managed to catch myself on and stay fairly focused.
The word 'map' can be used to cover a range of things including: geographical and political maps, road maps, contour/ordinance survey maps, weather maps, geological maps, oceanic maps, satellite maps even Facebook users map. This is a ghostly web of connections around the world where Facebook is most frequently used, and is fascinating because of what is not there rather than what is:
Activity 3.8.1: Identifying interesting areas of maps
a] Moscow Road Map
b] Spaghetti Junction
c] Milton Keynes
d] Contour Map
a] Moscow Road Map
I did some further work on these images, which I've appended at the end of the blog as a bit of an extra activity.
Activity 3.8.2 Making Print blocks with string.
I made two print blocks. One with twisted twine and the other with cotton yarn. I chose a piece based on Milton Keynes and the other on the contour map. I forgot to photograph them in their new condition!
I started with the block based on roundabouts. It was a very disappointing print block and didn't really produce much of interest:
It failed completely as a printing block
Using the Contour printing block was more successful. I'm afraid the pictures are a bit jumbled together.
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| wax crayon and walnut ink - Maybe my favourite |
Activity 3.8.3
I made two connected blocks for this activity using rough string:
Alas, they were a complete failure. So I've remade a number of blocks using the cotton yarn. I've decided to post this blog whilst I'm waiting for the new print blocks to dry.
Extra Activity
I found the initial exercise really exciting and I thought there were so many ways to treat map details that I spent some time playing with these:
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| Returning to Module 1 - complimentary colours |
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| Using resist |
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