Macy Chadwick is a fellow letterpress printer and book artist here in the Bay Area. She calls her press “In Cahoots” and she’s recently put up a website with photos of her work. I first got to know Macy when she wrote about her playful long-distance collaborations with her friend Lisa Hasegawa for Ampersand. They work on joint books for one hour a week and mail the results back and forth. (You can read the article here and see photos of some of their books here.) Macy has a new book, and wouldn’t you know, it’s got a map theme! Called The Topography of Home, it’s letterpress printed and the pages have cutouts inserted with silk paper that’s been stenciled. The book is to the left with a detail below.
That’s beautiful. Typographical abstraction. so lovely and inviting.
Intriguing! I like the topographical maps but I’m crazy for maps that are hand drawn and usually watercolored that show buildings, trees, roads, etc. Do you know of an artist’s Website or book that features maps like these? I’ve often thought of drawing maps of imaginary places like this.