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Zimbabwe, Harare

16/2/2021

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​Zimbabwe, Harare
42mm x 32mm
Pencil, scalpel, rabbit skin gesso on sized quarter sawn oak.
Number 196/196
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Zambia, Lusaka

15/2/2021

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​Zambia, Lusaka
42mm x 32mm
Pencil, scalpel, rabbit skin gesso on sized quarter sawn oak.
Number 195/196
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Afghanistan, Kabul (Remade)

13/2/2021

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Afghanistan, Kabul
42mm x 32mm
Pencil, scalpel, rabbit skin gesso on sized quarter sawn oak.
Number 1/196
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I went back to redo Afghanistan because it was the only one where I'd used slightly different media, additional pencil crayon and maybe chalk, all the others as far as I recall are only pencil and scalpel.

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Yemen, Sana'a

10/2/2021

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​Yemen, Sana'a
42mm x 32mm
Pencil, scalpel, rabbit skin gesso on sized quarter sawn oak.
No. 194/196
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Vietnam, Hanoi

7/2/2021

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​Vietnam, Hanoi
42mm x 32mm
Pencil, scalpel, rabbit skin gesso on sized quarter sawn oak.
No. 193/196
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Venezuela, Caracas

5/2/2021

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​Venezuela, Caracas
42mm x 32mm
Pencil, scalpel, rabbit skin gesso on sized quarter sawn oak.
No. 192/196
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Vatican, Vatican City

2/2/2021

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Vatican, Vatican City
42mm x 32mm
Pencil, scalpel, rabbit skin gesso on sized quarter sawn oak.
No. 191/196
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Vanatu, Port Vila

29/1/2021

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​Vanatu, Port Vila
42mm x 32mm
Pencil, scalpel, rabbit skin gesso on sized quarter sawn oak
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Uzbekistan, Tashkent

27/1/2021

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​Uzbekistan, Tashkent
42mm x 32mm
Pencil, scalpel, rabbit skin gesso on sized quarter sawn oak.
No. 189/196
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Uruguay, Montevideo

23/1/2021

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​Uruguay, Montevideo
42mm x 32mm
Pencil, scalpel, rabbit skin gesso on sized quarter sawn oak.
No. 188/196
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United States, Washington DC

17/1/2021

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​United States, Washington DC
42mm x 32mm
Pencil, scalpel, rabbit skin gesso on sized quarter sawn oak.
No. 187/196
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United Kingdom, London

13/1/2021

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​United Kingdom, London
42mm x 32mm
Pencil, scalpel, rabbit skin gesso on sized quarter sawn oak.
No. 186/196
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United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi

8/1/2021

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​United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi
42mm x 32mm
Pencil, scalpel, rabbit skin gesso on sized quarter sawn oak.
No. 185/196
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Ukraine, Kiev

4/1/2021

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​Ukraine, Kiev
42mm x 32mm
Pencil, scalpel, rabbit skin gesso on sized quarter sawn oak.
No. 184/196
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Uganda, Kampala

2/1/2021

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​Uganda, Kampala
42mm x 32mm
Pencil, scalpel, rabbit skin gesso on sized quarter sawn oak.
No. 183/196
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Tuvalu, Funafuti

28/12/2020

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​Tuvalu, Funafuti
42mm x 32mm
Pencil, scalpel, rabbit skin gesso on sized quarter sawn oak.
No. 182/196
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Turkmenistan, Ashgabat

22/12/2020

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​Turkmenistan, Ashgabat
42mm x 32mm
Pencil, scalpel, rabbit skin gesso on sized quarter sawn oak.
No. 181/196
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Turkey, Ankara

19/12/2020

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​Turkey, Ankara
42mm x 32mm
Pencil, scalpel, rabbit skin gesso on sized quarter sawn oak.
No. 180/196
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Tunisia, Tunis

15/12/2020

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​Tunisia, Tunis
43mm x 33mm
Pencil, scalpel, rabbit skin gesso on sized quarter sawn oak.
No. 179/196
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Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain

12/12/2020

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​Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain
43mm x 33mm
Pencil, scalpel, rabbit skin gesso on sized quarter sawn oak.
No. 178/196
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Tonga, Nukuʻalofa

10/12/2020

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Tonga, Nukuʻalofa
42mm x 32mm
Pencil, scalpel, rabbit skin gesso on quarter sawn oak.
No. 177/196
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Togo, Lomé

6/12/2020

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​Togo, Lomé
42mm x 32mm
Pencil, scalpel, rabbit skin gesso on quarter sawn oak.
No. 176/196
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Thailand, Bangkok

4/12/2020

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​Thailand, Bangkok
42mm x 32mm
Pencil, scalpel, rabbit skin gesso on quarter sawn oak.
No. 175/196
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Tajikistan, Dušanbe

24/11/2020

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​Tajikistan, Dušanbe
42mm x 32mm
Pencil, scalpel, rabbit skin gesso on quarter sawn oak
No. 173/196
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Taiwan, Taipei

21/11/2020

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Taiwan, Taipei
42mm x 32mm
Pencil, scalpel, rabbit skin gesso on quarter sawn oak
​172/196
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    Drawing Project - The World

    This blog is a document of my capital cities drawing project which had its origination back in 2012.

    The now completed project functions as one piece of work consisting of a miniature drawing of every capital city in the world.

    There are under official international criteria (currently) 196 recognised capital cities. 

    The  quarter sawn oak blocks for the project were cut by Letterfrack conservation in Galway.

    The 196 oak blocks were sized using a freshly made mixture of rabbit skin glue. The gesso for the drawing surface was then made up using the rabbit skin glue and Rugen white ground.

    ​Six layers of gesso were applied to all 196 oak blocks.

    The individual drawings are produced with pencil, scalpel and burnishing tools.

    If you require any further information on this project please contact the artist on the form below.

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