Here is an excerpt from a posting at BIKE RUMOR.com, featuring one of my maps of Ben's and my Block Island bike rides. To wit: "#152, 153 - two most beautiful maps detailing separate bike rides on Upper and Lower Block Island, RI, from Elizabeth Daggar." (Numbers pertain to the maps' inclusion on the Hand… Continue reading Block Island maps, reposted
The map on the wall of my office Many thanks to my fellow map-lover at cartophilia for the blog post featuring my calendar-map! The post (and the rest of this fascinating map-oriented blog) can be seen here.
Some of the gift set offerings Compass cufflinks and matted art prints of the coats of arms for the twelve sovereignties are in the shop. So far only four months' worth of art prints are up, but the remaining ten are in progress! Click here to go to the shop. Go now! Also soon to… Continue reading The calendar is on Etsy
I remember a recurring drive: we were looking for a place to spend some summer (swimming) time– weekends, maybe. There was an area, a small town or somewhere near water. I think it was Kelley and I– second party vague (in frame but not in focus–). There were a number of places. It felt like a… Continue reading another dream of houses and pools
a tease, again– bit o' the map for calendar 2010. Remind me to tell you about it the day of wandering and feeling 'away' in Long Island City– map scanned, pub lunch, PS1 and the pool installation... Also– I will post photos from the Rochester trip soon as well as some from the Delaware Water… Continue reading Long Island City Day
Details from "Map of Lynn and Saugus: Settled in 1629" (Boston: Pendleton's Lithography, 1829) [Published in Surveying the Shore– Historic Maps of Coastal Massachusetts 1600-1930 bt Joseph G. Garver] The bounty of texture and details in these old maps makes me wish I'd chosen to make of the year a state or province; even a… Continue reading Rocks dry at half tide
1779: Fire Island, then known simply as the South Beach of Sand and Stones. This map was in the little visitor information center at Sailor's Haven, a small marina between Cherry Grove and the Sunken Forest, through which we trekked on Monday morning, our third morning at the beach. Following a brief summer shower and… Continue reading All these inlets are of a small depth
Dark and rain. I awoke to find a puddle had formed on the window ledge during the night; another day of gloom in this wettest of Springtimes! A couple of things had to be thrown away. I've been listening to Harry & the Potters– laugh, but they're actually quite good. Fun listening, some of it… Continue reading flooded window well
That is to say: I can't resist putting up some more teases. An archipelago off the coast of the Kingdom of March (mechanical pencil; cold pressed paper) A cartouche in progress... (mechanical pencil; cold pressed paper) A compass rose comprising multiple locational systems: (digital; hot-pressed recycled paper) 90º meridians for points of the compass; 30º… Continue reading A world in progress: macro
In which we visit the farm of an eccentric family and wish to stay– or at least return. Click on the image to see the larger map. It's another long dream... The connection was through Joe– the place belonged to the family of one of his classmates, but Jon, Flip and I were there as… Continue reading dream of eccentrics
e daggar art: THE MUSEUM 