#leather map

“I thought of all the others who had tried to tie her to the ground and failed.” – Patrick Rothfuss

Sheepskin leather map of the Four Corners of Civilization from The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss.

Made as a gift in 2018. I truly couldn’t get into the books myself, (nerd that I am) but I did my due diligence and even adapted the title script from the 10th anniversary special edition of The Name of the Wind to design the words on the scroll. The full piece measures around 2 feet by 3 feet.

Here’s a map I made of a place I came up with. It’s currently hanging in a display case with black, velvet backing. The map is carved onto vegetable tanned leather and I outlined it with a wood burner. I painted/accented the compass, dragon and a few misc. places with gold liquid leaf. I antiqued the edges of the map with a brown stain (the bottle didnt say what kind. Oh well). The overall map is 16.5” x 13” and fits inside a 16” x 20” display case.