Josh Ryan
@commonkingfisher.bsky.social
Maps. Basketball. Kingfishers
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Queenfisher 🪶
6x6" Gouache on Watercolor Paper
Art from my time up at the cabin in September, I really want to do more birds like this :)
6x6" Gouache on Watercolor Paper
Art from my time up at the cabin in September, I really want to do more birds like this :)
October 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Queenfisher 🪶
6x6" Gouache on Watercolor Paper
Art from my time up at the cabin in September, I really want to do more birds like this :)
6x6" Gouache on Watercolor Paper
Art from my time up at the cabin in September, I really want to do more birds like this :)
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Lovely map of French castles by Jean-Claude Golvin. Which one to visit first?
October 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Lovely map of French castles by Jean-Claude Golvin. Which one to visit first?
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September 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Cincinnati in 50 Maps, by Nick Swartsell and me, is off to the printer, so you can get your pre-orders in now for the December launch! beltpublishing.com/products/cin...
Get this, folks: I counted and there are 125 individual maps. That's 75 extra maps for free!
Get this, folks: I counted and there are 125 individual maps. That's 75 extra maps for free!
Cincinnati in 50 Maps
Edited by Nick Swartsell with cartography by Andy Woodruff Publication date: December 2, 2025 There are as many versions of Greater Cincinnati as there are residents of the region. That’s roughly tw...
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September 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Cincinnati in 50 Maps, by Nick Swartsell and me, is off to the printer, so you can get your pre-orders in now for the December launch! beltpublishing.com/products/cin...
Get this, folks: I counted and there are 125 individual maps. That's 75 extra maps for free!
Get this, folks: I counted and there are 125 individual maps. That's 75 extra maps for free!
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Kingfisher hunting for fish in the water
Ohara Koson (1877-1945)
Ohara Koson (1877-1945)
July 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Kingfisher hunting for fish in the water
Ohara Koson (1877-1945)
Ohara Koson (1877-1945)
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The list is by no means exhaustive, HOPs, horizon charts and I'm sure other charts can be and have been used to show distributions. But attached is a handy one pager to summarize all the methods discussed here
July 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The list is by no means exhaustive, HOPs, horizon charts and I'm sure other charts can be and have been used to show distributions. But attached is a handy one pager to summarize all the methods discussed here
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YOOOO my talk at @nacis.bsky.social has been accepted and it looks like I'll be making 2025 a Triple Conference Year.
Folks are so curious about The Map Center and I honestly love telling the story over and over and over again. See you in Louisville!
Folks are so curious about The Map Center and I honestly love telling the story over and over and over again. See you in Louisville!
July 12, 2025 at 11:40 PM
YOOOO my talk at @nacis.bsky.social has been accepted and it looks like I'll be making 2025 a Triple Conference Year.
Folks are so curious about The Map Center and I honestly love telling the story over and over and over again. See you in Louisville!
Folks are so curious about The Map Center and I honestly love telling the story over and over and over again. See you in Louisville!
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Finished!
“Jellyfish”
20” x 41 1/2”
Stained glass all careful cut by hand and lovingly adhered to an upcycled wood skimboard. Ready to hang on a wall.
(Available for purchase.)
#mosaic #art #annemarieprice
“Jellyfish”
20” x 41 1/2”
Stained glass all careful cut by hand and lovingly adhered to an upcycled wood skimboard. Ready to hang on a wall.
(Available for purchase.)
#mosaic #art #annemarieprice
July 12, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Finished!
“Jellyfish”
20” x 41 1/2”
Stained glass all careful cut by hand and lovingly adhered to an upcycled wood skimboard. Ready to hang on a wall.
(Available for purchase.)
#mosaic #art #annemarieprice
“Jellyfish”
20” x 41 1/2”
Stained glass all careful cut by hand and lovingly adhered to an upcycled wood skimboard. Ready to hang on a wall.
(Available for purchase.)
#mosaic #art #annemarieprice
Finished a several year long project - a Axis Maps style typographic map of Chiang Mai, Thailand. Done in both English and Thai.
June 18, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Finished a several year long project - a Axis Maps style typographic map of Chiang Mai, Thailand. Done in both English and Thai.
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Cutting apart old maps, discontinued currency, and flags, Faith XLVII sews them back together into patterned tapestries.
www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/06/fait...
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June 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Cutting apart old maps, discontinued currency, and flags, Faith XLVII sews them back together into patterned tapestries.
www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/06/fait...
www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/06/fait...
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Karen Wynn Fonstad, was a Wisconsin cartographer who created dozens of maps that went into "The Atlas of Middle-earth," the official geographic guide to the worlds of author J.R.R. Tolkien: "The Hobbit" and The Lord of the Rings."
A new quest: to digitize her original maps, and find an archive.
A new quest: to digitize her original maps, and find an archive.
The Wisconsin cartographer who mapped Tolkien’s fantasy world
Rob Ferrett and Beatrice Lawrence from WPR's "Wisconsin Today" went to see Karen Wynn Fonstad’s original hand-drawn maps in-person.
www.wpr.org
April 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Karen Wynn Fonstad, was a Wisconsin cartographer who created dozens of maps that went into "The Atlas of Middle-earth," the official geographic guide to the worlds of author J.R.R. Tolkien: "The Hobbit" and The Lord of the Rings."
A new quest: to digitize her original maps, and find an archive.
A new quest: to digitize her original maps, and find an archive.
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The 2025 NACIS Annual Meeting will be in Louisville, KY, Oct 15-18! We invite you to submit abstract proposals for presentations in the Main Conference or Practical Cartography Day or to organize specialty themed sessions, discussion panels, workshops and field trips. Submissions due May 15, 2025.
April 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
The 2025 NACIS Annual Meeting will be in Louisville, KY, Oct 15-18! We invite you to submit abstract proposals for presentations in the Main Conference or Practical Cartography Day or to organize specialty themed sessions, discussion panels, workshops and field trips. Submissions due May 15, 2025.
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The Seventh Seal, directed by Ingmar Bergman, 1957, 📸 of @wemby by @johnhateclub
December 28, 2024 at 4:26 PM
The Seventh Seal, directed by Ingmar Bergman, 1957, 📸 of @wemby by @johnhateclub
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I randomly found it, but W.E.B. Du Bois once provided a pronunciation guide to his last name (per the Du Bois Freedom Center)
December 14, 2024 at 5:24 PM
I randomly found it, but W.E.B. Du Bois once provided a pronunciation guide to his last name (per the Du Bois Freedom Center)
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A favorite recent project: Peakscapes. I love the layered looks you get in the #mountains, and I always want to be able to name everything in view. These designs provide a cleaner, more idealized view of the landscape than a photo can.
Are they #maps? Or geographic art? I'm not sure.
Are they #maps? Or geographic art? I'm not sure.
December 5, 2024 at 3:48 PM
A favorite recent project: Peakscapes. I love the layered looks you get in the #mountains, and I always want to be able to name everything in view. These designs provide a cleaner, more idealized view of the landscape than a photo can.
Are they #maps? Or geographic art? I'm not sure.
Are they #maps? Or geographic art? I'm not sure.
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#30DayMapChallenge Jour28/ Day28 - Planète bleue / Bonne journée de la Méditerranée
November 28, 2024 at 4:59 PM
#30DayMapChallenge Jour28/ Day28 - Planète bleue / Bonne journée de la Méditerranée
Day 26 of the #30DayMapChallenge - Projections
I made this for @pinakographos.bsky.social projections card set. Such a great project.
I made this for @pinakographos.bsky.social projections card set. Such a great project.
November 27, 2024 at 10:41 PM
Day 26 of the #30DayMapChallenge - Projections
I made this for @pinakographos.bsky.social projections card set. Such a great project.
I made this for @pinakographos.bsky.social projections card set. Such a great project.
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The Independent Map Artists now has a website: mapartists.org!
It's a hub for you to find all sorts of posters, shirts, and other gifts for the map nerds in your life.
Many of us sell in our own small shops, but we're stronger together. Spread the word!
It's a hub for you to find all sorts of posters, shirts, and other gifts for the map nerds in your life.
Many of us sell in our own small shops, but we're stronger together. Spread the word!
Independent Map Sellers
A shopping guide offered by the Independent Map Artists
mapartists.org
November 19, 2024 at 8:23 PM
The Independent Map Artists now has a website: mapartists.org!
It's a hub for you to find all sorts of posters, shirts, and other gifts for the map nerds in your life.
Many of us sell in our own small shops, but we're stronger together. Spread the word!
It's a hub for you to find all sorts of posters, shirts, and other gifts for the map nerds in your life.
Many of us sell in our own small shops, but we're stronger together. Spread the word!
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Here’s a recent-ish thing that I didn’t post here at the time: I helped Kirk Goldsberry design this globe basketball, puzzling through map projections to get something close to matching each of the eight segments on the ball. A bit more about it here: andywoodruff.com/posts/2024/a...
November 18, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Here’s a recent-ish thing that I didn’t post here at the time: I helped Kirk Goldsberry design this globe basketball, puzzling through map projections to get something close to matching each of the eight segments on the ball. A bit more about it here: andywoodruff.com/posts/2024/a...
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Wendy Shijia is wizarding again.
"Experimenting with the #DeepPaint addon in #Blender to 'paint' a landscape - coloring a 3D model of landscape generated from USGS lidar point cloud data."
www.linkedin.com/posts/wendys...
"Experimenting with the #DeepPaint addon in #Blender to 'paint' a landscape - coloring a 3D model of landscape generated from USGS lidar point cloud data."
www.linkedin.com/posts/wendys...
November 14, 2024 at 6:43 PM
Wendy Shijia is wizarding again.
"Experimenting with the #DeepPaint addon in #Blender to 'paint' a landscape - coloring a 3D model of landscape generated from USGS lidar point cloud data."
www.linkedin.com/posts/wendys...
"Experimenting with the #DeepPaint addon in #Blender to 'paint' a landscape - coloring a 3D model of landscape generated from USGS lidar point cloud data."
www.linkedin.com/posts/wendys...
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Marie-Thérèse, Face and Profile, by Pablo Picasso, 1931, 📸 by @reginaldthomas
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Reginald is one of my absolute favorite hoops photographers - truly embracing Sports & Art - and I strongly encourage you to check out his work (@reginaldthomas on instagram - link isn’t working for some reason)
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Reginald is one of my absolute favorite hoops photographers - truly embracing Sports & Art - and I strongly encourage you to check out his work (@reginaldthomas on instagram - link isn’t working for some reason)
November 9, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Marie-Thérèse, Face and Profile, by Pablo Picasso, 1931, 📸 by @reginaldthomas
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Reginald is one of my absolute favorite hoops photographers - truly embracing Sports & Art - and I strongly encourage you to check out his work (@reginaldthomas on instagram - link isn’t working for some reason)
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Reginald is one of my absolute favorite hoops photographers - truly embracing Sports & Art - and I strongly encourage you to check out his work (@reginaldthomas on instagram - link isn’t working for some reason)
#30DayMapChallenge | Day 5 | Journey
A poem I made for the @nacis.bsky.social map quilt.
A Journey Of Celebration
Mountain Maple
an Old Bonsai
Children
A Valley Sunrise
Gethseman
A Bent Tree
The Birch, Alder, & Juniper
a Common Truth
A poem I made for the @nacis.bsky.social map quilt.
A Journey Of Celebration
Mountain Maple
an Old Bonsai
Children
A Valley Sunrise
Gethseman
A Bent Tree
The Birch, Alder, & Juniper
a Common Truth
November 5, 2024 at 7:12 PM
#30DayMapChallenge | Day 5 | Journey
A poem I made for the @nacis.bsky.social map quilt.
A Journey Of Celebration
Mountain Maple
an Old Bonsai
Children
A Valley Sunrise
Gethseman
A Bent Tree
The Birch, Alder, & Juniper
a Common Truth
A poem I made for the @nacis.bsky.social map quilt.
A Journey Of Celebration
Mountain Maple
an Old Bonsai
Children
A Valley Sunrise
Gethseman
A Bent Tree
The Birch, Alder, & Juniper
a Common Truth