Illustrator Blends Maps and Art in Stunning Face Portraits

Author: alice Date: 14 November, Category: Appealing, Visits 2693

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A talented artist has created breathtaking intimate portraits by using detailed maps of the world as his canvas. Cardiff-based illustrator, Ed Fairburn, combines the patchwork of roads, terrains and rivers to for his unique sketches.









An ink drawing on a vintage street map of Cambridge. (Photo by Ed Fairburn/Rex Features)


















Der Gestirnte Himmel/The Starry Heavens (Pencil on celestial star charts). (Photo by Ed Fairburn/Rex Features)











Ink on a 1977 road map of Germany. (Photo by Ed Fairburn/Rex Features)









30 Miles Around (ink on a map of Bournemouth). (Photo by Ed Fairburn/Rex Features)











Bartholomew Series (Pencil on original Bartholomew maps of Galloway). (Photo by Ed Fairburn/Rex Features)













Ink on reproduced military maps of the Western Front, WWI. (Photo by Ed Fairburn/Rex Features)













Ink on reproduced military maps of the Western Front, WWI. (Photo by Ed Fairburn/Rex Features)











North America Series. (Photo by Ed Fairburn/Rex Features)


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