Part 1 The european exploration of North America was as tumultuous as it was fascinating. According to formal history it began in the late 1400s with the famous voyage by Christopher Columbus. Once the European explorers landed here, they shortly returned to Spain. This trip was just a scouting trip of sorts and an effort to look […]
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Antiques & Collectibles: Vintage maps can be a great decorating find
Antiques & Collectibles: Vintage maps can be a great decorating find Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on pinterest_shareMore Sharing Services1 Sandy Erdman, [email protected] | Updated 2 days ago A cartographer is an individual who creates maps. The word comes from the Latin word charta, meaning “tablet or leaf of paper,” and the Greek word graphein, […]
Artist with local ties enlivens Historic Maps
Re-tracing lines of journeys: Artist with local ties enlivens historic maps By Abby Eisenburg Winona Daily News Artist Lisa Middleton, pictured at Blooming Grounds in Winona, discusses the work involved in creating an artistic reproduction of a map whose original dates back to 1604. June 13, 2015 5:03 am • ABBY EISENBERG Daily News Artist […]
Artist brings map art to Minnesota and Wisconsin
Artist brings map art to Minnesota and Wisconsin Postbulletin.com Rochester, MN Posted: Thursday, June 11, 2015 11:08 am Rachel Cohrs, [email protected] Lisa Middleton, a La Crosse, Wis., native, creates art on an unusual medium: reproductions of historic maps. Middleton gets high-quality scans of historic maps printed in black and white, and transforms those prints into […]
The Origins of Ledger Art
Plains Indians were known for their paintings, or narrative drawings, produced on paper or cloth. Usually, the medium was contingent upon whatever was handy. In the beginning, this would mean drawings and paintings were produced on animal skin. Dakota man painting figures (winter count) on buffalo skin. 1929. Photo by J.A. Anderson. Source – National Anthropological Archives, […]
Local Artist Breathes New Life into Old Maps
From Hungry Horse News, Chris Peterson 5-13-2015 Lisa Middleton lives for maps. She has maps in her garage, maps in her Kalispell living room, in the closets and on the walls, and in books and in big piles in her basement studio. Middleton is not a map maker, however. She’s an artist, transforming old maps […]
The Story Behind Ribbon Maps
Mississippi River Ribbon Maps from an article by Bob Mullen, for The Paddlewheel newsletter published by the Golden Eagle River Museum, St. Louis, Missouri Imagine a map of the Mississippi River that shows all of the cities and towns along the river and all the landings where a steamboat might stop. Make the map about three […]
A note from me…May
It has been a healing month at home…my first period of time off since becoming a full time artist! I have to say it’s been hard to adjust to the pace and keeping myself from becoming too overwhelmed or too lazy-resulting in the feeling of moving through molasses!I’ve had an explosive period of creativity as […]
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