Recently, with the arrival of The Hobbit film, I was struck by inspiration to create a map of Middle Earth.
I know what you're thinking... "there are lots of those out there already". But none like this!
I am a traditional tanner by trade, and an artist by hobby. My art usually focuses on working with natural and more "primitive" materials such as bone, brain tanned hides, etc. (I'm working on a series of bone swords)
Anyway... this map was first burned by hand onto traditional brain tanned deer hide, and then painted and shadowed with powdered pigments mixed with deer eyes (yes, literally, the liquid from deer eyeballs).
It took about 35 hours to make, spread over about a week and a half.
Bellow are a couple of photos of the finished map, but if you'd like to see an album that followed it through the entire process, check it out on facebook here:
https://www.facebook.com/TwoWolvesBuckskin
The map is for sale, but I'll avoid posting the price here. If you're seriously interested, please contact me privately through this forum or at mail@twowolves.org
Enjoy! And feel free to leave any feedback.
