ceramics – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Mon, 21 Sep 2020 15:00:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg ceramics – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 The Ceramic Map of Delft https://www.maproomblog.com/2020/09/the-ceramic-map-of-delft/ Mon, 21 Sep 2020 15:00:41 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1789338 More]]> Mappery has photos of the new Keramieken Kaart van Delft (Ceramic Map of Delft), a remarkable large ceramic mosaic map based on a 1672 map by Frederick de Wit that is mounted to a brick wall on a street in Delft, the Netherlands. Designed by artist Nan Deardorff-McClain, the map was supported by a crowdfunding campaign and built by around 500 local volunteers. The grand opening was to have been in March, but the pandemic intervened. More photos are available at the project’s Facebook and Instagram pages; a short video on the making of the map is below (and on YouTube). Coverage in the Algemeen Dagblad is in Dutch, as are most of the links.

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