UK-based illustrator Ed Fairburn creates portraits on maps, incorporating the roads and other map features into the likenesses. Ed explains his work by saying, “I paint, draw and construct using a flexible range of tangible media across a wide range of surfaces and contexts, allowing my practice to exist across various disciplines. The work I produce is largely self-directed, allowing me to explore a wealth of ideas and concepts which need to be realised.”

The Oxton Art Fair 2012 - The 9th annual Oxton Art Fair is a wonderful showcase of art, craft and design from local artists within four of galleries of the Williamson Art Gallery in Birkenhead.

See a making of: vimeo.com/21236517 more string: String Boat String Flow String Curve keep up with all the other stuff I make by following me on twitter: @DanCoffeyUK

Funny pictures, awesome photos and amazing images.

Fragments of torn collagraph prints stitched with red thread and vintage shirt buttons. Blogged here thiscraftinglife.blogspot.com/2011/11/red-threads.html

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passionate-geographer: “ What do you do after hours? on We Heart It - http://weheartit.com/entry/44564704/via/angcarvalho ”

Detail of 201 Days, 2006, Thread, pencil and pins, 70 x 36 x 1.8 inches, Courtesy of the Artist

Artist Matthew Sporzynski covers culinary delights—from soup to nuts.

Anna Mlasowsky | Araneae, 2013 | spider webs, black spray paint

These 15 artists cut, sculpt and rearrange paper maps, create their own from unexpected materials like money or use them to illustrate interesting data.