52 Creative Mapmaking Projects for Exploring Imagination and Travel with Map Art Lab

h d taylor: I had borrowed this from the library, but liked it so much that I knew I had to have my own copy

United Kingdom on Sep 23, 2022

Julia L.: This is an excellent book. Just love it.

United States on Jun 01, 2022

Stephen J. MillnerStephen J. Millner: I love maps and map art. This book brings new (to me) techniques to map art, in addition to establishing the elements of mapmaking. Enjoy it!

United States on Feb 27, 2022

trekkie beckytrekkie becky: I have been trying some of the map art activities with my 7 year old son and we have whiled away many happy hours on projects. I highly recommend if you or someone in your home has a real love of maps.

It feels like you need very specific / specialist materials and tools for some of the ideas, which is why I gave it 4/5 stars.

United Kingdom on Apr 08, 2021

wattwurm18: Ich liebe dieses Buch als Anregung und Inspiration für Collagen und Bilder

Germany on Aug 22, 2019

Janet: Great book, full of ideas.

United Kingdom on May 18, 2019

Ashley Lee: I purchased both of Jill K. Berry's books (this one and the Personal Geographies one). Of the 2 I preferred The Personal Geographies one as it has more interesting projects. That said, this is an interesting book in that I never really thought of maps as art. She gives several different types of map projects and they each have a different feel to them. Great examples, not really a ton of instruction, but if you're not an idiot you'll get the idea just from looking at the pictures. Lots of food for thought in this book.

United States on Dec 10, 2017

M.B.: This book just wasn't what I was looking for. It has strengths, but it just didn't work well for me personally.

Despite the subtitle, this is not a book about "mapmaking." In the place of making maps, the authors present a series of suggestions that either have the appearance of maps or are actually hand-drawn infographics. To be sure, these projects are very artistic and authentic. The instructions are less ordered lists with illustrations than they are recommendations. For example, project 18, "Story Maps" has seven steps that include, "outline your sketch in pen," "paint in your drawing," and "label the known areas." It is accompanied by four illustrations from four separate stories.

The part of the subtitle that I think I was missing was "art explorations." I love maps and I love making art, but this book just didn't fit the bill for helping me make realistic maps. It does, however, have plenty of very poetic and artistic ideas for somebody looking for a nice project on a rainy, something to do with a group, or someone looking for a bit of artistic meditation.

United States on May 05, 2016

Alyx: I enjoyed reading the book (as I had Jill's previous book) and did have a go at one of the exercises in it - not sure that i would do a lot of the projects suggested but it was still an interesting & enjoyable read

United Kingdom on Nov 01, 2014

Shawna: If you are looking for lessons for your art class to incorporate Common Core this book is great. I have been teaching middle school art for the past 18 years. This book is chalk full of lessons dealing any and all kind of information on "mapping lessons". I believe if you are an experienced teacher it would be easy to "tweak" the lessons for different grade levels. I am in California and we do not have any set standards for Common Core in the Arts. I believe this book is a great way to incorporate cross curricular lessons from English, Math and History into your art program.

United States on Aug 18, 2014