Mapsburgh produces delicate hand-cut paper street maps, fantasy maps in the style of Tolkien, and other cartographic art.

A few years back, I made a map of the area between my house and my then-girlfriend’s house, carefully cutting out the spaces in between all of the streets to create a delicate, lacy vision of our city. When she unwrapped it on her birthday, she took a look at it and said “You should sell these on Etsy – people would pay money for these”.

With that bit of encouragement, Mapsburgh was born. It provided a great way to combine my interest in art with my love of maps (I have a PhD in Geography from Clark University).

Cartographic cleverness.

Stentor Danielson via Maspburgh. Available for purchase on Etsy.