Matthew Picton’s Map Sculptures of Cities Made of Books about the City
By Maria Popova
As a hopeless lover of maps and cities, and even more so of books about maps and books about cities, I was instantly enthralled by the work of Oregon-based British artist Matthew Picton, whose stunning paper sculptures of cities are made of books and other textual materials related to the respective city, taking the art of book sculpture to whole new level of meta with subtle, thoughtful commentary through the selection of the specific texts.

Photo by Ron Jaffe

Photo by Ron Jaffe

Photo by Ron Jaffe

Photo by Ron Jaffe

Photo by Ron Jaffe

Photo by Ron Jaffe

Photo by Ron Jaffe
If’re a fellow bibliophile with a soft spot for the intersection of cities and cartography, don’t forget these 5 essential books on maps and 7 essential books on cities.
via roomthily
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Published December 9, 2011
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https://www.themarginalian.org/2011/12/09/matthew-picton-maps-cities/
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