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PROJECT #010: SHIRE MAP(S)
Anyone who’s opened up the Lord of the Rings books will know the famous map of Middle Earth. Back in 2001 I was reading these books for the first time, and in my English workbook I was drawing a simpler version of the map as it is today. Growing up in the Shire of Yarra Ranges, both the hobbit homeland and my old stomping ground having the title of “The Shire” in common, was enough of a trigger for me in creating this map. Beyond the title though, something about that part of the world feels very “Shire-like”, the...