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Incredibly Detailed Hand-Cut Maps (8 pics)

Madrid

Karen O'Leary creates incredibly detailed hand-cut maps from paper. Using razor precision, the North Carolina-based artist manipulates negative and positive space to form delicate webs of city streets, while land and water are cut away.

"I love the idea of a completely familiar object made new and even more beautiful," says O'Leary. "These maps reveal the density and delicacy of a modern city with a single element and infinite subtleties."

You can purchase these spectacular city maps at O'Leary's Etsy site, Studio K.

Berlin

Paris

London

San Francisco

Baltimore Inner Harbor

Singapore

The artist, Karen O'Leary

Studio K
via [scene 360], [cool hunting]

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Tags: art, hand-cut, maps

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Comment by Eric Parker on October 15, 2010 at 9:22am
wonderful concept carried out to perfect completion - well done.
Comment by Annie on October 14, 2010 at 8:07am
SO COOL! Oh the discipline...
Comment by sAm on October 13, 2010 at 3:23pm
Very cool...
Comment by Marica on October 13, 2010 at 9:41am
Ohhh..It's crazy!!
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