Illustrator Blends Maps and Art in Stunning Face Portraits
Author: alice Date: 14 November, Category: Appealing, Visits 2899
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)