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21 Comments on “oh yes she did : map cuts by karen o’leary”

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   1 Windsor said at 10:32 am on October 29th, 2009:

   That is incredible!! I don’t know why you would do that even for the sake of art, but it looks awesome. Kind of stresses me out to think about trying to do that myself…insane.

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   2 Sara Barnes said at 1:48 pm on October 29th, 2009:

   This is awe-inspiring. I do cut out work and can imagine the time and craftsmanship it must have taken. Gorgeous.

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   3 Kristi@lovelyvelo said at 4:48 pm on October 29th, 2009:

   Wow, unbelievably impressive! What detail.

4. 4 Hand Cut Paper Maps | said at 1:58 pm on November 2nd, 2009:

   [...] This is insanity, artist Karen O’Leary hand cut these city maps of Paris and New York. She does really stunning work. via {www.papertastebuds.com}. [...]

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   5 MsUnreliable said at 7:17 am on November 3rd, 2009:

   My hand is cramping just thinking of how long these took! Gorgeous… utterly insane, but gorgeous

   xx Kit

6. 6 Map cuts « noquedanblogs.com said at 2:59 pm on November 3rd, 2009:

   [...] [English] Karen O’Leary took a blade to these large sheets of paper to create “Map Cuts” of New York and Paris. More pics here. [...]

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   7 Angie said at 12:13 pm on November 4th, 2009:

   Karen, How long did this take you? How many blades? What kind of blades?

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   8 John Garghan said at 6:07 pm on November 4th, 2009:

   Great unique art

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   9 Ray Ray said at 9:59 am on November 5th, 2009:

   Amazing really amazing

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    10 Becca said at 2:25 pm on November 5th, 2009:

    Amazing! Now I’m curious to see what the wonderfully wild web of Boston-proper streets would look like in cut-out form…

11. 11 Hand-cut paper street maps of world cities | Newsblog said at 12:00 am on November 6th, 2009:

    [...] Above, her rendition of New York City. Here’s her Etsy store. Blog coverage: The Best Part, Paper Tastebuds, infosthetics (via [...]

12. 12 Hand-Cut Street Maps of World Cities | Dipnip said at 7:03 am on November 6th, 2009:

    [...] Paper Taste Buds. Share it! These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover [...]

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    13 Stewart said at 12:41 pm on November 6th, 2009:

    These are amazing…

    If they are cut from a bought map, then are these designs reversed – hence no street names on them. Just curious as to how they were made?

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    14 Annie said at 11:34 pm on November 7th, 2009:

    Wow, this is crazy!

15. 15 Hand-Cut Street Maps of World Cities | thegraffik | Design and Illustration said at 5:37 pm on November 8th, 2009:

    [...] Via Paper Taste Buds. [...]

16. 16 map cuts « ANA ALEGRIA SAYS… said at 8:08 am on November 11th, 2009:

    [...] map cuts by Karen O’Leary are simply stunning. Incredible work born from a painstakingly detailed process. leave a [...]

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    17 Alex Blundell said at 12:24 pm on November 11th, 2009:

    Sweet jebus, thats insane, not sure I would ever have the patients to attempt something like that!

18. 18 Asfaltkonijn » Map Cuts said at 5:18 am on December 1st, 2009:

    [...] ‘monnikenwerk’ is een zwaar understatement voor deze Map Cuts van de New York-based kunstenares Karen O’Leary . Ze snijdt op ambachtelijke wijze alle [...]

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    19 dasi said at 5:28 pm on December 3rd, 2009:

    are these for sale somewhere? i’d love a new york one!

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    20 Stewart said at 5:48 am on December 4th, 2009:

    Yes, click on the designers name in the sentence below the fist pic.

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    21 dasi said at 11:51 am on December 4th, 2009:

    thanks– for some reason that link didn’t work a few days ago, but it did now.

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