I need to say a little about the weekend, which brought so many Jenkintown families together through shared experiences. There are community experiences and my own experiences that I want to capture. Why here? Because my day to day life can be solitary and I am grateful to know incredible people in Jenkintown. The Dads […]
An un-edited stream of mapping thoughts. Yesterday I spent a lot of time working through my own version of “Into the Stars – ArtRage Watercolor Tutorials.” The core takeaway was the use of layer textures, and I got a better understanding of Artrage 5 tools. I still have Obi Kaufmann’s atlas open on my desk […]
I love Obi Kaufmann’s atlas, The California Field Atlas. The cover text caught my eye while I was in the Stanford Book Store on Friday. The font seems to be similar to IM Fell, recreated digitally by Igino Marini. I tried to recreate it so that I’d better understand it. It’s like a transitional serif. […]
Sometimes I can learn so much just in our own kitchen at home. This morning, Rona was explaining this watering hole map on a new plate from the Warlukurlangu cooperative. The cooperative is in Alice Springs. The area is vast expanses of red earth, with little green scrubby shrubs. On the plate, red swirls are […]
At a recent Old York Road Historical Society open house, I bought two maps from the 1870’s, one of Montgomery County and one of Pennsylvania. These are from an atlas and more for data. They have a cloth backing. I haven’t looked at them since. While Eileen Koolpe was giving the Munsons and I a […]