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Kaatscast: the Catskills PodcastCup o' Cartography: Cheyenne Mallo PotteryCheyenne Mallo and partner Zac Schiff are the makers and purveyors of Cheyenne Mallo Pottery, in Olivebridge, NY. Their signature mugs feature raised topographic maps of Catskills places, like Overlook Mountain, North South Lake, Kaaterskill Falls, and West Kill. Mugs feature black topographic lines transected by red dotted hiking trails, and unique features like fire towers, lakes, and waterfalls. On today's Kaatscast, maps to drink by, crafted in the Catskills.
"Mug shot" courtesy of Cheyenne Mallo.
Many thanks to this week's sponsors: Briars & Brambles Books, The Mountain Eagle, and the Central Catskills Chamber of Commerce.
Kaatsca...2023-12-0519 min
Very Expensive MapsKirsten Sparenborg: “I elaborate on the emotion of places when I make maps.”Tacoma map artist and chorographer Kirsten Sparenborg discusses her huge body of work in ink and watercolor, her years in architectural illustration, an ill-starred mural commission, making her own pigments out of local rocks, and her next 10-panel 46 sq. ft. project. See her work at turnofthecenturies.com
New Orleans watercolor block map
3x3 ft. Boston watercolor block map
Ink street map of Baltimore
Sottile & Sottile, where she made architectural drawings
Sanborn Insurance Maps
Ink bird's-eye map of Eastport, Maine
Cheyenne Mallo’s map ceramics
Radiant Maps: my backlit ultra-detailed maps
Artists she likes:
Heather Bird Harris
Ma...2023-05-071h 01
Girl Gotta Hike The Podcast25. Cheyenne Mallo, Catskills CeramicistOn today’s episode, I go for a hike in the Catskills, with local artist and ceramicist extraordinaire, Cheyenne Mallo. Cheyenne and her partner Zac handmake functional pottery such as mugs, bowls and dishes that feature topographic map-imagery of mountains, hiking trails and rivers out of their home studio. I’ve been a big fan of Cheyenne’s style ever since I first laid eyes on one of her mugs back in 2017. As someone who is drawn to all things hiking maps and coffee-drinking, I certainly fall right into her target market, and have been happily adding her pieces to my...2023-02-231h 08