Jewel of the Universe by Chris Chamberlain
The project took the artist 3,500 hours to complete over the course of 27 months. The varied shimmering materials include 300,000 hand-cut squares and ambiguous shapes of stained glass; 1,238 jewels totaling 260 carats; over 6,900 internal LED lights; and 80,000 pieces of glass to create the frame, which represents space. Constructing the piece out of 12 varieties of gems—amethyst, aquamarine, citrine, diamond, emerald, iolite, peridot, ruby, sapphire, tanzanite, topaz and zircon—the artist took creative liberties to represent only the most globally significant areas of the world.
U.S.A. (burnt/unburnt), United States Map Made from Thousands of Green Wood Matches by Claire Fontaine
Brooklyn Neighborhood Type Map by James McDonald
“Designed over several months the map represents all of the neighborhoods of Brooklyn, parts of the remaining 4 Boroughs of NYC and a small part of New Jersey. NO TYPEFACES WERE USED IN THE DESIGN, this was all hand drawn and rendered on my faithful macintosh. A modern approach to cartography, the result is a puzzle like effect of each town’s hand designed name within it’s accurate geographic borders.”
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Maps Series by Ed Fairburn
Road and subway maps turned into interesting canvases for his ink and pencil portraits