Architectural Map-Drawings to Date: February 2014

STATE ARCHITECTURE Map-Drawing

What if, in addition to the State Tree, Flower, Bird, etc...there was a STATE ARCHITECTURE? An emblematic, vernacular cottage nestles into the topographic folds of each of the 'Lower 48' States.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178521286/state-architecture-small-houses-map

 This Map can be framed, or just hung like a poster. It's printed on thick archival epson paper.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178521286/state-architecture-small-houses-map

The Southern States and beyond.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178521286/state-architecture-small-houses-map

The Great Lakes and the Eastern States.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178521286/state-architecture-small-houses-map

The East Coast!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178521286/state-architecture-small-houses-map

The Western States and beyond.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178521286/state-architecture-small-houses-map

AMERICAN HOMETABLE for the Architecture-Lovers!

Introducing another relative of the AMERICAN HOMESCAPE Map-Drawing... the AMERICAN HOMETABLE - for the Architecture-lovers!
50 States. 50 emblematic, Vernacular Cottages. Arranged geographically in a 'periodic table' of sorts, a Map of State Architecture.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178535557/american-hometable-map-drawing-16x20

The West. Cabins, Victorians, Bungalows!  And an Alaskan lighthouse.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178535557/american-hometable-map-drawing-16x20

The Midwest and Southeast of the Country.https://www.etsy.com/listing/178535557/american-hometable-map-drawing-16x20

The Northeast... Gambrels and Gables. And an Maine lighthouse.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178535557/american-hometable-map-drawing-16x20

The American Hometable Map-Drawing.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178535557/american-hometable-map-drawing-16x20

All states created equal. 1 1/4" square.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178535557/american-hometable-map-drawing-16x20

AMERICAN TREESCAPE for the Tree-Lovers!

This new map is another take on the AMERICAN HOMESCAPE Map-Drawing which married state trees and imagined state architecture. This AMERICAN TREESCAPE Map-Drawing is for the Tree-lovers - no cottages, just TREES!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178474012/american-treescape-map-drawing-17x24

The 'Lower 48' - 48 States, 48 Trees. Just because epic Alaska and dainty Hawaii don't fit in a frame-able size. This Map can be framed, or just hung like a poster. It's printed on thick archival epson paper.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178474012/american-treescape-map-drawing-17x24

The Trees of the Heartland.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178474012/american-treescape-map-drawing-17x24

The Eastern States, and their Trees.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178474012/american-treescape-map-drawing-17x24

Tall trees of the West.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178474012/american-treescape-map-drawing-17x24

Trees of all shapes, sizes, and colors of green.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178474012/american-treescape-map-drawing-17x24

AMERICAN HOMESCAPE: States Trees + State Architecture + Landscape

Every US State has their bird, their flower, their tree...I'm interested in the way people build houses, with materials and forms that are emblematic of that area. What if each state had a State Architecture? I drew small houses and cottages that seemed to capture the architectural essence of each state, from my own experience. I paired them with the state tree and nestled both into the topographic landscapes of the state. Each State Map is available as a Print and a Postcard: https://www.etsy.com/shop/turnofthecenturies?section_id=14268693&ref=shopsection_leftnav_1

Once each State was drawn, I was so excited to put them all together, like a US Map Puzzle!  The outline of the USA began to emerge...

Here are 48 contiguous States, with their cottages and trees, and city hearts, in place as individually designed. Houses and trees mashed on top of each other...this Map needed some ironing out! The result is the Map at the top of this post - and Printed, below.

Here is the big compilation of the Lower 48 States, with their trees and cottages, A 17" x 24" Print on thick white Epson paper:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178358828/american-homescape-map-drawing-17x24

https://www.etsy.com/listing/178358828/american-homescape-map-drawing-17x24

The Great NorthWest

https://www.etsy.com/listing/178358828/american-homescape-map-drawing-17x24

The Western States

https://www.etsy.com/listing/178358828/american-homescape-map-drawing-17x24

Texas and The MidWest

https://www.etsy.com/listing/178358828/american-homescape-map-drawing-17x24

The South

https://www.etsy.com/listing/178358828/american-homescape-map-drawing-17x24

The Eastern States

https://www.etsy.com/listing/178358828/american-homescape-map-drawing-17x24

The NorthEast, or North Atlantic, States

https://www.etsy.com/listing/178358828/american-homescape-map-drawing-17x24

The Great Lakes States

https://www.etsy.com/listing/178358828/american-homescape-map-drawing-17x24

The Colorado A-frame, where it all began. 
Do you have a favorite?

NYR 2014

I love the clean slate and fresh start and longer perspective of the NEW YEAR - and making goals! This year, I plan to make a lot of new drawings of places I love.

CITIES (and States and Countries) TO DRAW in 2014!

I've thought carefully about the places I've loved and want to get to know better, through drawing. Places I have visited and photographed with an eye to make drawings. Drawings emblematic their unique and ubiquitous qualities and evocative of the senses they conjured in me.  
CITIES (and States and Countries) TO DRAW in 2014 Mapped (above) and Listed (below)

CITIES (and States and Countries) TO DRAW in 2014!

Last-minute LOCAL Holiday Pop Up Shop: STAUNTON, Virginia

LAST-MINUTE. LOCAL. POP-UP SHOP. PHOTOGRAPHS & DRAWINGS. STAUNTON, VIRGINIA.

A balmy day in Staunton Virginia. December 21!  the doors of the old Historic Staunton Building are wide open for the first time in...years! Peter Aaslestad's studio is transformed into a Holiday Pop-Up Shop featuring many of Peter's famous Staunton photographs as well as architectural map-drawings by me, Kirsten Sparenborg / Turn-of-the-Centuries.

A sandwich board invites folks to come on down to the shop, by the train station, from Beverley Street.

Come in...

We mixed black and white photographs and ink and watercolor drawings on the gallery walls. Architecture, in subject and approach, is a strong underlying connection in the work.

This was the first time I've framed my Staunton drawings. It was nice to see a body of Virginia drawings - Virginia Tech, UVA, Front Royal and, of course, Staunton - all together.

Peter's curiosity xylophone served as a nice display for his photographs. 

Help yourself to "Swig" sugar cookies with sour cream frosting or ginger cookies with orange buttercream frosting or fresh, homemade gingerbread.  I gift-wrap, too!

The sun set on the longest night of the year and the shop glowed blue...

---while the gallery inside glowed warm and inviting.
It invited some of the most interesting and community-minded folks in town - including a new family here just a week, embarking upon a fixer-upper, armed with training and energy and a fantastic zest for life.

Prints and Postcards!  

Night fell and the crowd grew in this intimate space, still room for friendly dogs.

What a wonderful way to meet people and participate in the Local Economy!
The Holiday Pop-Up Shop was a Success!
THANK YOU to all the wonderful folks who stopped in - keep in touch,

HELD OVER to Monday, December 23 10am - 2pm. Come by!

Peter Aaslestad Studio.  120 South Augusta Street, by the Depot.

LTD 7: Cozy/Breezy Vintage in STAUNTON Virginia

For Those who Call the "Queen City" Home...

There's a great shop in Staunton called LTD 7 - on North Augusta.

Owner Lynne Breeden and her friendly crew know how to find and foster local artisans and put together a shabby-chic showroom which blends all good things - and smells nice, too!

My Staunton Prints and postcards have a nice little nook against the brick wall in the middle of the shop.

Lynne's breezy/cozy vintage style attracted us one night while out for a run. We stepped inside and I felt transported to Savannah Georgia, circa 2007. Lynne was friendly as a southern belle, too, and instantly gracious.

You can learn how to make things at LTD 7!  Like rosemary wreaths -

And don't forget to get yourself a SweetNanaCakes cupcake!

You got to love a place where the banjo feels at home,