A Map of Nunhead
Just for the record I have used the Tabula Peutingeriana as the inspiration for this commission. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabula_Peutingeriana. I saw something similar, long linear map in a antique map shop in Bath and looked at it. It was a journey from London to Bath or Wales or somewhere, cant remember where. I was looking at it for ages (as I had recently designed something similar) and the shop keeper said it was drawn by John Ogilby http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ogilby who was the first to invent this ‘road map’ linear map type design in the 1670’s. I said Oh really, I like it a lot. He went on to say it was a section of a much longer map and this piece shows the route just passing the outskirts of london into rural areas.
I did not tell him that I thought the Roman Empire was mapped using that same technique, or that I had recently designed a map of Nunhead in London using that exact same idea.
So it looks like I will be spending quite a bit of time in the cooler making my Nunhead Map. Its got a lot of lettering, but I should not be daunted as I got a lot of practise doing the poem on the stone. Thing is this lettering is so much smaller…..in mosaic……its murder. I am very pleased with how its shaping up though.
