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Maps and My Workbench

Posted on March 24, 2014

Snow again.  A few more inches of the wet stuff, melted by this afternoon, but it held a cool breeze and temps in the 30˚s all day… so I didn’t venture out too far.  Sometimes you have to do laundry and dishes, you know!

I did wander out to the studio… anxious to do SOMETHING  creative.

I took one of my old topo maps… and decided to glue it down to my workbench.

mapOh!  Ick!

Let me say that AGAIN!  Ick!  It looked horrid!  Nasty!  Disgusting!  I can’t have a work surface like that!  Holy toledo…

I spent the next HOUR scraping that all off!

Well, just how creative was THAT?

Let’s try again.

Smaller this time.

maptabletext

I used ripped edges.  Smooth edges.  Burned edges.

I didn’t overlap too much, I don’t think I’m a fan of the uneven surface, and it doesn’t bother me that the wood shows around the maps.  I liked this look, but I think I’ll go ahead and create maps that fit more like puzzle pieces, not exact, but too much overlay I think I’ll grow to dislike…

I’ll have my drafting table for a perfectly smooth surface, but this must be similar!

I still like this idea, but a little tweaking will have to be done!

 

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4 thoughts on “Maps and My Workbench”

  1. Patr says:
    March 25, 2014 at 6:08 AM

    I like the mosaic option better….

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  2. GD says:
    March 25, 2014 at 5:30 AM

    I like the idea of burned edges… 🙂
    Do you plan to put a thick coat of polyurethane or that clear thick coating you see at restaurants where shells are encased in a clear layer on the table tops (I don’t know what it is called)?

    Sorry that you had to endure that headache, but I have to say, I like the multiple smaller maps look better! 🙂

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    1. Carol says:
      March 26, 2014 at 11:23 PM

      Poly will yellow… the other stuff I’ve used before and would have to have an edge to hold it in, (we used it on our bar!), or I could just coat with Mod Podge! I have to order more, used what I had to glue the maps down, my other bottles were so old, they had hardened… so another project on delay while I purchase supplies!

      Reply
  3. Kay Artley says:
    March 25, 2014 at 4:53 AM

    What an interesting idea !

    Reply

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Since 2008, I’ve kept this photographic journal of life on a Wyoming ranch.  I share ranch work, my family, crafts and DIY, my English Shepherd, Bravo, and a love for this land.  Enjoy this red dirt country!

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