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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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    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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