Hamburg by Jochen Schievink

Jochen got in touch to share his great map of Hamburg with the project. Jochen's illustrations have a lovely sense of humour which is shown in the map of his new home;

"As I moved half a year ago to Hamburg I drew a map of this town to get some orientation and share some impressions. Maybe it's something for your project!"

It certainly is something for the project!

See his other great works here: www.jochenworld.de

Thanks Jochen!

A Map of The Secret Evil Headquarters (aka my desk) by Paul Bower

Artist, illustrator and fellow Pocko person Paul Bower has been busy printing up his fantastic new map for the project. Like a lot of artists, Paul is only ever at home when he's either painting, drawing, printing or twisting his moustache...

"I figured that my favourite-ist place is my studio in Peckham and, since I spend most of my time there, it can become like it's own little world, hence loosely plotting all the important areas on a map similar to the London underground map.

Maybe I should get out more?"

Great stuff Mr. Bower!

High Tea by Jess Wilson

High Tea is Jess Wilson's great new work for Maps. Jess uses an afternoon tea theme to illustrate how she belongs to lot's of places - all of them within Britain.

Her map consists of a pot of Hacheston Road, a cup of Border Cot Lane and plates of Kitchener Road and Bawdsey. Nice!

Jess' map makes use of the full capacity of her pencil case, as does her portfolio which is jam-packed full of everything from felt-tipped portraits to lovely pencil-sketched typography. Go 'ave a look here!

Cheers Jess!

House by Andy Smith

Type and screen print whiz Andy Smith has just sent over House, his new work for the maps project. It's a map of his home where he lives amongst his own characters and creations...

"I guess like a lot of illustrators I've built up a collection of characters and other stuff that have come to make up my own little 'illustration' world. They now all live with us in our house in Hastings. It can be tough when you bump into Fatty on the stairs or the Target People are playing up on the landing but I have grown used to it."

If you've not seen his work already, take a look around Andy's website where he has a load of great screen printed posters all for sale.

Thanks Andy!

Brooklyn. The Smallest Town I've Ever Lived In! by Mike Perry

The unstoppable Mike Perry has sent over his map for the project and it looks fantastic. "Brooklyn. The Smallest Town I've Ever Lived In!" is a map of where Mike lives and works, amongst his 4-story tall stationary sets, paint brush pavements and giant pencils.

Check out more of Mike's work over on his website here and read a great interview here.

Thanks Mike!

Pirates Deep by Matt Johnstone

Friend and studio buddy Matt Johnstone's map is a beautifully coloured hark back to a place in his childhood where he had the most fun ever;

"When I was 5 years old there was only one place to have your birthday, it was called Pirates Deep, an indoor Pirate themed adventure play centre underneath one of the arches on Brighton seafront. It was a childs paradise of ball pits, nets, slides, inflatable characters, obstacles, bouncy things, ropes, tunnels and padded Velcro shapes. Looking back it seemed like it was invented before health and safety, as there didn't appear to be any rules you could really just go mental. It isn't there anymore."

Lovely stuff Matt!