24 Jun 2022

Ink Portraits in Cartography Drawings

00-Cartography-Drawings-Ed-Fairburn-www-designstack-co
A clever use of the lines on a map, to create portraits.

British Artist Ed Fairburn has been drawing people with cartography since 2012. A beautiful way of marring humans and the places we live in.

He gets many commissions from around the world. It must be quite something for your likeness to be linked to a place you really love. A city, town or area that holds deep meaning and memories for you...

Two ordinary elements: a portrait and a map, which when connected, are more meaningful than the sum of their parts.

Which part of the world have you got the strongest link to?

For more of Fairburn's work here on DesignStack, press this LINK.
01-River-Thames-London-Ed-Fairburn-www-designstack-co
River Thames London. Abingdon to Wallingford.
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02-Cellist-Hannah-Collins-Ed-Fairburn-www-designstack-co
Cellist Hannah Collins. Aldeburgh on the Suffolk coast.
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03-Crosshatched-works-Ed-Fairburn-www-designstack-co
Crosshatched works.
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04-Edgware-London-Ed-Fairburn-www-designstack-co
Edgware, London.
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05-London-Ed-Fairburn-www-designstack-co
London.
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06-Newport-Beach-Ed-Fairburn-www-designstack-co
Newport Beach.
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07-Map-miniatures-Ed-Fairburn-www-designstack-co
Map miniatures.
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08-Norwich-UK-Ed-Fairburn-www-designstack-co
Norwich UK.
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09-Ordnance-Survey-map-Ed-Fairburn-www-designstack-co
Ordnance Survey map.
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10-US-coastline-Ed-Fairburn-www-designstack-co
US coastline.
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