About the work

A closer look.

You name a real place that matters: a hometown, the street a wedding was on, a house that's gone, a place whose name has drifted away from what's under it. I research the ground first (maps, records, what is actually there now), then draw one plate by hand. Documented facts get solid ink. What is only told or rumoured gets a second colour and is labelled as told, so a story never borrows the authority of a survey. You get: one high-resolution hand-drawn map, a key saying what each ink means, a short dated note on where each fact came from, and the honest gaps I could not settle. Up to 3 revisions. Before you pay, I send a free first read: what I can find and the one spot where the record is thin.