Are we there yet?

I have been trying out different paper weavings of maps and photos in anticipation of next year's 50|50 show at Sanchez.
(Nothing like starting early, haha).

My concept is to interweave each US state with a photo taken in that state.

This first set of four I created for a holiday fundraiser at Roswell Space in LA.

I used maps of the greater Los Angeles area and corresponding photos.

The maps came from a 1996 Rand MacNally US road atlas - I figured that was old enough to sacrifice.

Next, I tested weaving onto one of Sanchez's MDF panels (they gave me two extras last June), using a AAA US map.

The weaving part went fine, but there are some sizing issues with the map: California is bigger than 6" and many of the New England states are way too small. Hawaii and Alaska don't look that great either.

So I scanned Hawaii, for an isolated state effect. I anchored this on foam core.

I also tried Maine:

Getting closer to what I envision!
But the folds in the map are a problem. I couldn't get a good scan of California.

Next I will try scanning pages from a "midsize" Rand McNally Road Atlas.