DIY Art with Maps
30 Jul
They don’t love you like I love you…maps that is.
I don’t do the DIY thing very often but all the kids are doing it.Ă‚Â I don’t DIY because I can’t hardly even find the time to hang a curtain rod but I had a thought today about a DIY project that I think I will attempt, after I saw this…
These are remants from maps available at dlk designs.Ă‚Â These quickly reminded me of theĂ‚Â butterfly map cutouts we previously posted about here.Ă‚Â
Remember this?
I got to thinking about the Martha Stewart paperĂ‚Â punches I saw at Michael’s craft store. There are several to choose from at the store.
And I’m sure you can tell where the thought process went from there.Ă‚Â Of courseĂ‚Â the butterflies at Image Surgery were hand cut and thats a no go for me because I can hardly cut a circle.
I’m thinking a flock of birds or butterflies appliedĂ‚Â in a grid pattern, framed in an affordable white IKEA frame?
Maybe some of you crafty folks out there have got other ideas or can give me some helpful hints on application or paper?
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Sarah moved here in January 2010. Check out her progress by following 
song reference = funny…..
There is no reason in the world not to do this.
I’m wondering if anyone else will pick up on that?
I like the idea – I am not very crafty and trying to be so this might be a good starter project for me!
and I didn’t get the song reference…boo… :_(
Yeah Yeah Yeah.
Anyways, I did a little DIY based on your Image Surgery post.
http://www.examiner.com/x-11495-NY-HowTo-Home-Design-Examiner~y2009m7d3-How-to-make-butterfly-art-from-travel-maps
It’s not great, but it didn’t take long either.
OK so Image Surgery does laser cut images. That article was great, I actually thought about the tracing thing too but figured I would have to take several deep breaths and do it in segments. and hey it’s a cheap try.
Ya. Bromeliad! I just linked that up to our comments of the original Image Surgery post just the other day. Its weird that this idea is back on the table too, cause somebody bookmarked that post on Stumble Upon the other day and its received lots of traffic. I hope some comes your way.
Great Article.
These are adorable!
Tricia – Avolli
Cool.
I forgot to tell Sarah that if she wants to do birds instead, there are some free silhouettes here:
http://www.muhlenberg.edu/cultural/graver/K-12Outreach/TheBirdsAroundUsModule.pdf
You have to scroll to about page 19.
p.s. Thanks for the pouf boost on Apartment Therapy.
Thanks Bromeliad for the bird silhouettes, me likey
I want to try these with paper silhouette profiles. I was just at my aunt’s house and caught a glimpse of the small framed silhouettes of her sons. My grandma also had these made of my mom, aunt and uncle as children. How fantastic to create this look with maps. Sarah, please, please do this for DC. Or, send me a profile photo and maybe a NC map and I’ll do it for you.