San Serriffe
There is an enchanting island near Africa that you need to know about. San Serriffe is an island nation on the move, due to a peculiarity of ocean currents and erosion, so its exact position varies. A recent report locating it in the Bering Sea was presumably an error. On 1 April 2006 The Guardian reported that San Serriffe was then just off New Zealand’s South Island, but if the rate of movement really is 1.4 km per year as published, San Serriffe should stay in the Indian Ocean for several millennia. Should you enjoy a visit and a communion with the natives, who are known as the...
Read MoreManhattan Map in the News
Local News: First of all, I am going to combine Maps in the News with New and Interesting Maps because there is so much crossover. These will post on Wednesday from now on. Second, I am about to launch work on my new book, and that will keep me very busy for a while. Bear with me. I want to build this map making community to be solid and interesting. If you would like to contribute to this blog while I am making map book number 2, please let me know! Map News: The map in the news today is based on the experiment of Becky Cooper, a young New Yorker who handed out maps of Manhattan to strangers...
Read MoreMaps in the News: 1/16/13
The Before and After Map of Hurricane Sandy Hurricane Sandy caused devastation in October to our north eastern neighbors. The destruction was massive; nearly 72,000 battered homes and businesses in New Jersey alone. The numbers are staggering. Here are some of them. 8,000,000 people without power 4.7 million kids stayed home from school 2.8 million outages across the Northeast 15,000 plus flights cancelled 6,100 people in emergency shelters in New York City 49 cancelled Broadway Performances 34″ of snow in one place 15 inches of rain in one place 14 foot tide in Manhattan 2 Days of...
Read MoreMy Journey with Maps: A Video
A few months ago I did a webinar with North Light, my publisher. They have now made it into a video, which I am thrilled...
Read MoreAnd the winner of the Zentangle Map is….
Cathy Cusson! Congratulations Cathy! I am sending you the map. Please see the email I sent and send me your address. Thank you for all the 92 responses both here and on jillberrydesign.com/blog And Kass Hall, I hope your book is wildly successful.
Read MoreAnd the winner is….
terry lee getz crickyn.com x crickyn@gmail.com Send me your addy Terry, and I will get the maps out to you! Sorry for the delay. The truth is last week I was flattened by the flu, then had to fly to Virginia Beach on Friday through storms to teach for four days. It was wild, I barely made it there with how I already felt and then flying through storms the entire time! I will have more givaways, so stay tuned. One of my classes at Art & Soul in Virginia Beach was Journal Mapping. We also did some maps in the Spontaneous Deconstructed Journal Class. Here is a little show of some of the...
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