Artist Nikki Rosato creates intricate portraits by cutting away at old maps, leaving only the roads and rivers behind like a network of blood vessels.
Rosato uses a Stanley knife to hand-cut away all of the landmasses between the roads and waterways, and then uses the delicate paper left to create portraits — some in 2-D and some sculptural pieces.
For the sculptural pieces, such as a bust she created of herself, she creates a structure out of packing tape to act as a mold and then shapes the map around the head, using a gel to stiffen the material, supporting the overall frame with an internal structure of small wires. Larger pieces require a number of different maps glued together.
Rosato uses a Stanley knife to hand-cut away all of the landmasses between the roads and waterways, and then uses the delicate paper left to create portraits — some in 2-D and some sculptural pieces.
For the sculptural pieces, such as a bust she created of herself, she creates a structure out of packing tape to act as a mold and then shapes the map around the head, using a gel to stiffen the material, supporting the overall frame with an internal structure of small wires. Larger pieces require a number of different maps glued together.
Burn brightly, Pete
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