Wednesday 2 January 2013

Using Different Materials Or Mediums In Almost Any Form Of Art Always Interests Us,

so here is one we have not seen before,


using sheets of Baltic birch they are glued together to make a 3D underwater map, starting with a bathymetric chart (the underwater equivalent of a topographic map), the contours are laser-cut and placed one on top of another to create a wall hanging of various parts of the U.S.A. the store is called Below The Boat,

 a detail from the map above,


naturally for me a map of Cape Cod that has an island called Martha's Vineyard would be my choice, but what a novel idea, the store has only been open since December 9th, so far about 26 maps are available, but there are more to follow if the venture is a success, it seems so simple I wonder that no one had thought of making an underwater map this way before.

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