{"id":8768,"date":"2024-06-18T08:59:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T08:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mytrendtales.com\/?p=8768"},"modified":"2024-06-19T09:34:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T09:34:33","slug":"ed-fairburn-uses-paper-maps-as-canvas-for-portraits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mytrendtales.com\/ed-fairburn-uses-paper-maps-as-canvas-for-portraits\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Fairburn Uses Paper Maps as Canvas for Portraits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ed Fairburn is a British artist who creates unique portraits drawn on paper maps. He names his creative process \u201ctopopointillism,\u201d derived from its combination of topography, the study of forms and features of land surfaces, and pointillism drawing technique.\n\n\n\n

In order to create his works, Fairburn spends a lot of time studying old maps of roads, cities, states, countries, and regions, among others. Once he finds a perfect map, he makes subtle changes in markings and patterns found inside it to bring out a human form on the surface.\n\n\n\n

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Something calm for a Tuesday afternoon… a short compilation of fountain pen drawings crosshatched over various maps from my collection. I often use pigment liners for my work, sometimes fountain pen, occasionally dip pen and very occasionally something else entirely. It all depends on the paper type of the map, density of details, what I want to achieve, and of course, my mood. #contemporaryartist #contemporaryart #portrait #crosshatchingart #crosshatching #penandink #fyp #drawing #art #map #maps #inkdrawing \u266c Always Unforgotten – Michael Price