Columbia designer, illustrator, artisan and country songwriter Elliot Park on his ten year quest to hydraulically press a good map into good materials. Discussed: the lack of texture in today’s stuff, moving from DEM to CNC to a big beautiful copper/leather map, learning by (expensive) trial, the quest for a leather globe, and the challenge of creating lasting art that’s meant to be touched. See his leather and copper maps at columbiapressworks.com 25x60" pressed leather elevation map of Tennessee 32x42" pressed copper map of NYC Columbia Machine Works: get your own 520-ton hydraulic press Bellerby & Co. hand-painted globes Carved Earth: hand-carved physiographic globes The Lord of Maps The Mediaeval Mapmaker My hand-lettered map of the Tongass National Forest Need maps for your org’s reports, decks, walls and events? ⁠The Map Consultancy makes real nice maps, real fast.⁠ See what good maps can do for you at themapconsultancy.com I have three words for you: Big. Glowing. Maps. Depending on how that makes you feel, you might like two more words: ⁠Radiant Maps⁠. See the most beautiful backlit maps at radiantmaps.co