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Tom Phillips: Special Exhibition: Ten Faces by Tom Phillips: Sylvia Sumira

Posted on June 2, 2010 by bassui

http://www.tomphillips.co.uk/essaysan/10face01/09.html Sylvia is the world’s sole specialist conservator of globes and together we have made the three Humument Globes. I first drew her in 1984. This portrait (as well as another, painted in 1988) refers to her unusual sphere of … Continue reading →

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Cartographies of Time: Princeton Architectural Press $50.00 : Chronicle Books

Posted on April 16, 2010 by bassui

http://www.chroniclebooks.com/index/main,book-info/store,books/products_id,8500/path,1/title,Cartographies-of-Time/ Cartographies of Time — What does history look like? How do you draw time? From the most ancient images to the contemporary, the line has served as the central figure in the representation of time. The linear metaphor is … Continue reading →

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Peter Heylyns 1628 Description of the Great World | Flickr – Photo Sharing!

Posted on January 2, 2009 by bassui

http://flickr.com/photos/shitao/3159656729?editedcomment=1 I scanned it quite large so you might read the description..the second two pages follow on Flickr…. These are two pages from Heylyn’s 1628 travelogue to the New World that I have with an early description of the place…

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Posted on December 4, 2008 by bassui

http://www.passages.org.uk/essays/virtualkailas/index.html The region around Mt. Kailas is a unique place in the world. Though its mystique is rooted in remoteness and spirituality, its majestic form and unique appearance gave early travelers pause for thought, and contributed to its central position … Continue reading →

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1837 Map of Copenhagen city plan SDUK | Flickr – Photo Sharing!

Posted on December 1, 2008 by bassui

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shitao/3075460597/ Printed and published by Baldwin & Cradock for the Society for the Diffusion Useful Knowledge (SDUK) for their ever expanded atlas in 1837 Traveling Dream I am packing to go to the airport but somehow I am never packed. … Continue reading →

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Map room from zendo | Flickr – Photo Sharing!

Posted on November 2, 2008 by bassui

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shitao/2997831412/ The Woman in the Ordinary The woman in the ordinary pudgy downcast girl is crouching with eyes and muscles clenched. Round and pebble smooth she effaces herself under ripples of conversation and debate. The woman in the block of … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 24, 2008 by bassui

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Internet_map_1024.jpg The internet: not the solar system. * Dark blue: net, ca, us * Green: com, org * Red: mil, gov, edu * Yellow: jp, cn, tw, au, de * Magenta: uk, it, pl, fr * Blue-green: br, kr, nl … Continue reading →

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Mapping The World By Heart

Posted on December 11, 2006 by bassui

http://www.mapping.com/Brochure.html These are engravings from my map and print business. Cook’s second edition volume provided the Prince William(s) Sound copperplate engraving….Tim OLD STORY Like kid on float of ice block sinking in pond the field had made from winter’s melting … Continue reading →

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