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A couple weeks ago a visitor contacted me about places where she could see my maps printed out. After finding that she ived here in DC, I invited her & her husband over to look at some of the maps I have in my house. After viewing the lot, they really liked the one I made of Park City, Utah and asked if I would make one of their house that looked similar. This is the first draft. I will post the subsequent drafts as they are made….

The development of the tile I used to for this draft is actually something akin to an advancement in my own artistic endeavors. I originally made two tiles to be used- one that featured a diamond and the other featured a 16 sided polygon. I ended up using the 16-sided polygon to surround the house because it looked similar to the centers of the maps I’ve created using the Octagon Quilt Projection. The advancement I speak of is that by using an 16 sided polygon shape and having octagonal symmetry, I, for the first time, have created a unique geometric illusion.

In the Park City map I used a hexagon to outline the house and as one moves their eyes around the map they can see the hexagon rotates in conjunction with the symmetry used in the map. The illusion is that the houses rotate inside of the polygon but the polygon itself does not!

For example, along 45 degree line of symmetry, a hexagon or diamond would be rotated 45 degrees (while still being a hexagon or diamond in shape), however, in this map the polygon does not rotate because the polygon has exactly twice the number of lines of symmetry being employed in the map. Only upon closer inspection can one see that the contents of the polygon rotate along the lines of symmetry, while the polygon itself does not.

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12/2/2006 || 11:47 pm
Meridian Hill Park Mask

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This map was commissioned by a friend of mine and went through four drafts before perfection.

View the Google Map of the Meridian Hill Park in Ward 1 of Washington, DC.

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11/20/2006 || 12:42 pm
Bangkok Mandala

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This map was commissioned for Becky Weber. It is to be given away as a gift.

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10/2/2006 || 11:08 pm
A Degraded Mask of Meridian Hill Park

I took a draft of an African mask design for a client and degraded it to make it look slightly older. It’s Cardozo High School to Meridian Hill Park in Northwest Washington, DC and somewhere in that map is the client’s house.

The map was completed on December 2nd, 2006. View the drafts:
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8/25/2006 || 3:40 pm
Donations to the Library of Congress Geography & Mapping Division

Today I donated the 8 maps I was commissioned to produce to the Library of Congress’ Geography & Mapping Division. I must say for the first time in my life I feel that my work, my existence, now has longevity to it. As in when I die, my work will live on. While the cartographic collection of over 5 million maps now has only 8 more maps, there is something truly special about knowing that the work I did in my short life will be remembered forever. After I left the Library of Congress I took a long walk to the Archives metro to take in the beauty of it all.

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7/9/2006 || 1:59 pm
Park City Quilt

The print arrived in the mail today and I showed it the client this afternoon. She is very pleased with the final outcome (as am I!). She is mailing it to her sister tomorrow….

This is probably my favorite commissioned map

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View the Google Map of Park City, Utah

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1/29/2006 || 1:17 pm
I won a Young Artists Program Award!

In October I submitted a proposal to the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities for $2470 to print out & frame 8 maps that represent one location in the 8 Wards of DC. Today I received the official word from the DCCAH that my proposal was accepted!!

Here is the link to the grantee listing [pdf]

more info here:
http://dcarts.dc.gov

Read about my way home from the DCCAH office after dropping of the proposal back in October 2005

7/2/2005 || 11:06 pm
Lady Liberty on a quilt of the Pearl River Delta

This is my first “commissioned” piece. I mentioned it a while back, but it took my benefactor a little while to come through with what he wanted me to make. He is from Hong Kong, which is where the Pearl River Delta is, and I used a NASA satellite image of the Pearl River Delta a backdrop. On the body of the model I used the same modified aerial photography I’ve used in most of my DC based renderings (like DC Lenz #4). The contrast between the past and the present is what I like most about this rendering, and I sincerely hope that he likes print on his wall at his home or office!

6/8/2005 || 10:04 am
Baltimore Lenz #2

This rendering was made for a client so it doesn’t have my normal tag on it. It uses the Baltimore Inner Harbor as the focal point which I think the client will appreciate. The next rendering will definitely be either “Baltimore Quilt” or “Baltimore Lenz #3,” the latter will get the same reflection treatment that DC Lenz #4 got. I can’t wait to see how the inner harbor looks reflected! Look at the first Baltimore Lenz….can you imagine what it will look like with 2X more reflection? I am visualizing it right now

5/16/2005 || 11:42 am
My first corporate commission

I sold my first rendering to a local corporate entity…. I’ve already used the proceeds to get some of my older posters printed out. This is also the first time I’ve given the digital rights away as well, so now they own the full size (10,000 X 7,500) file instead of just a print. At first I was very hesitant about giving the digital rights away, but since this rendering is based off the “Lenz Project,” which essentially was the project that defined my style, I don’t mind as much because its clearly has my touch to it- even if its manipulated extensively. Also, the image doesn’t have the same abstractions I perfer to add, so while being my style, its also completely different compared to what I am making now……. its about time I made another rendering….

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