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Hand Made Maps @HandMadeMaps

Map illustration - all genres and applications where maps can tell a visual story - multiple styles, techniques and approaches. handmademaps.com

Joined October 2011
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Released today in the UK. ‘The Burning Earth’ by Sunil Amrith. Published by W W Norton, illustrated maps by Hand Made Maps. An examination of the world’s dwindling resources, exploitation, and the inevitable consequences. @amrith_historian @yale_history @wwnortonuk
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Released today in the US. ‘The Burning Earth’ by Sunil Amrith. Published by W W Norton, illustrated maps by Hand Made Maps. @sunilamrith @yale_history #ecology #humangeography #theburningearth @WW_Norton
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On the personal work front, my drawing 'Il Grande Cavallo 1482' has been awarded the Critics Prize at the Annual Exhibition the Royal Society of British Artists. On show at the Mall Galleries until Saturday 9th March.
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Released 7th November 'The Picnic : A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain' by Matthew Longo @matthewblongo Published by @wwnorton (interior maps by Hand Made Maps)
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Released this week by @wwnorton in the US 'Endangered Eating :America's Vanishing Foods' by Sarah Lohman - Illustrated map spread by @HandMadeMaps #food #History #illustrationart #endangeredeating #inkdrawing
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Private Commission: Illustrated map of the River Test in Hampshire and the origins of dry fly-fishing. inks/watercolour/coloured pencils. >swipe left to see artwork develop from initial masking to final state >swipe again for close-up video. #illustratedmap #rivertest #flyfishing
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Released this week 'Palatine' by Peter Stothard. Map artwork by @HandMadeMaps - hand lettered in original roman characters. @orionbooks @OUPAcademic @PeterStothard1 #handmademaps #romanlettering #ancientrome #lettering #interiormaps #palatine #maps #bespokemaps
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Period map artwork for ‘Venetian Gardens’ by @themontydon and @moorederry published by @penguinrandomhouse October 22. (swipe to see rest of double page spread). #bbcbooks #montydon #derrymoore #venetiangardens #penguinbooks #venice #periodmap #mapartwork #handmademaps #gardening
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Published 22.02.23 by Unicorn @UnicornPubGroup 'An Irishman Abroad: Growing Up with Unity and Division in an Anglo Irish Family' by Tarka King #BookTwitter #ulster #UlsterCanal #badlands #NorthernIreland #Cyprus #MapArtwork
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Congratulations to Bob Newman 🎩 ! First Prize and Gold Award at Tokyo International Foto Awards for ‘Shadows of Emmett Till’. Published by Kehrer Verlag. Illustrated map by Hand Made Maps. #bobnewmanphoto #magdalenasole #kehrerverlag #till #emmetttill #tokyofotoawards #tokyofoto
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Hand Made Maps retweeted
Dan Atkinson@Danatkinson
15 May 2022
My piece for today’s Observer: theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Yes, I’m the jester who coined ‘Wagatha Christie’ – my gift to headline writers everywhere | Dan...

My tweet went viral three years ago. Now, I can’t escape it and a pun is set to be my legacy

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Friday 22nd = Earth Day - released today in the UK, illustrated by Hand Made Maps : “Ever Green : Saving Big Forests to Save The Planet” by John W Reid and Thomas E Lovejoy. #wwnorton #illustratedmap @WorldForests #worldforests #biodiversity #amazonrainforest #earthday
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Published today by Weidenfeld & Nicholson , illustrations by Hand Made Maps : “Not Far from Brideshead: Oxford between the Wars” by Daisy Dunn @DaisyfDunn @wnbooks @orion_art_dept #notfarfrombrideshead #oxford #oxforduniversity #oxfordshire #illustratedmap
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Published this week in the US, illustrated by Hand Made Maps : “Ever Green : Saving Big Forests to Save The Planet” by John W Reid and Thomas E Lovejoy. #wwnorton #illustratedmap #forestconservation #forests @wwnorton #worldforests #biodiversity #amazonrainforest
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Released today. 'The Hero's Way' by Tim Parks, illustration by Hand Made Maps. published by Harvill Secker. A 400 mile hike following Garibaldi's retreat from Rome in 1849. @timparksauthor @harvillsecker #timparksauthor #garibaldi #walking #hiking #illustratedmap #illustration
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Released 21st Jan 'The Festival' by @SarahJNaughton > illustrated by Hand Made Maps #thriller #festival #festivals #thrillers #books #booksofinstagram #bestsellers #Bestseller @trapeze_books @orionbooks #illustratedmap #illustratedmaps #TheFestival
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Released last September 'Dead Doubles' by Trevor Barnes. maps and charts by Hand Made Maps #deaddoubles #portlandspyring #trevorbarnes @wnbooks #londonmap
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Published today ‘Sovereign of the Isles’ by Iain Milligan pub. @UnicornPubGroup Maps throughout by Hand Made Maps. A History of Britain told through the changing ownership of land. Ties together many historical reference points.
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Hand Made Maps Retrospective : Virago Press . cover artwork "What Remains" by Christa Wolf commissioned by The Senate design group 1990 . #christawolf
Hand Made Maps Retrospective : Express Sunday Magazine - a walk around Axbridge, Somerset #walkingmap #maproute #sundayexpressmagazine #mapillustration #maps #kartenillustration #landkarte #mappaillustrata #mapaillustrado
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