Typographic Maps + phoTo collages limited edition screen prints by Ursula Hitz and photo collages by B-sights

PAU L M C P H E R S O NG A L L E RY25th NOV- 7th DEC 2013

abouT ursula h i Tz

Ursula Hitz is an artist and designer. Born in rural Switzerland, she cultivated diverse talents in

typography, graphics and cheese making. Since moving to London a decade ago, Ursula’s work has

focused on location and place. She meticulously creates typographic maps of the world’s best-known

cities. Ursula is interested in the ways that letters capture not only the dimensions of a place, but

its personality too. Why the passion for place names? ‘I love becoming fixated on their intricacies,

before taking a step back and seeing a bigger structure evolve,’ she explains. ‘Unlike regular maps,

mine don’t focus on streets or buildings. Instead, they build an organic texture of words that grow

from the centre – in the way that most cities have grown.’

screen pr inT ing

‘Screen printing or silk screening is a printing technique particularly suited for flat or relatively flat surfaces. The

heart of the process involves a fine mesh or screen that is tightly stretched around a rigid frame. The areas that

are not to be printed are masked out on the screen. To create the print, the framed screen is positioned over the

item to be printed along with a dollop of thick ink. A squeegee is then used to press the ink through the screen.

The masked areas prevent ink from passing through, but the unmasked areas allow the ink to be imprinted

on the material. If more colors are desired in the final design, the process is repeated with different screens.’

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-screen-printing.htm

All prints listed are screen-printed on archival printmaking paper. Texture, deckle edge and vibrancy of colours

convey an air of heritage while the character comes from slight inconsistencies in the ink levels.

greenwich area Map

• limited colour edition of 30 • screen print on archival printmaking paper • 38cm x 38cm • signed and numbered by the artist

£72

cenTral london F L U o r e S c e n T p I n k / g r Ay

• limited colour edition of 100 • screen print on archival printmaking paper • 38cm x 38cm • signed and numbered by the artist

£72

london boroughs

• limited colour edition of 100 • screen print on archival printmaking paper • 50cm x 70cm • signed and numbered by the artist

£95

greaTer london v e Lv e T B L U e / m I S o• limited colour edition of 100 • screen print on archival printmaking paper • 70cm x 100cm • signed and numbered by the artist

£260

greaTer london T e A L / p e A c H• limited colour edition of 30 • screen print on archival printmaking paper • 70cm x 100cm • signed and numbered by the artist

£500

aMsTerdaM n I g H T B L U e / v I o L e T• screen print on archival paper

• limited colour edition of 100

• signed and numbered by the artist

• 56 cm x 76 cm

£138

san franc isco T e r r A r o S A / T U r q U o I S e

• limited colour edition of 100 • screen print on Somerset Satin archival printmaking paper, with deckle edge • 76cm x 56cm • signed and numbered by the artist

£138

new york c i Ty pA S T e L g r e e n / S L AT e g r Ay• limited colour edition of 100 • screen print on Somerset Satin archival printmaking paper, with deckle edge • 76cm x 56cm • signed and numbered by the artist

£138

new york c i Ty pA S T e L g r e e n / S L AT e g r Ay• limited colour edition of 100 • screen print on Somerset Satin archival printmaking paper, with deckle edge • 76cm x 56cm • signed and numbered by the artist

£138

new york c i Ty B L U e / A n T H r A c I T e

• limited colour edition of 100 • screen print on archival printmaking paper • 38cm x 38cm • signed and numbered by the artist

£72

par is S e A B L U e / U LT r A m A r I n e

• limited colour edition of 100 • screen print on archival printmaking paper, with deckle edge • 76cm x 56cm • signed and numbered by the artist

£138

zÜr ich U LT r A m A r I n e / L I g H T B L U e• limited colour edition of 100 • screen print on Somerset Satin archival printmaking paper • 76cm x 56cm • signed and numbered by the artist

£138

roMe S L AT e g r e e n / S I Lv e r • limited colour edition of 100 • screen print on Somerset Satin archival printmaking paper • 76cm x 56cm • signed and numbered by the artist

£138

berl in 1 S t c o l o u r e d i t i o n• screen print on archival paper

• limited colour edition of 100

• signed and numbered by the artist

• 56 cm x 76cm

£138

london gaMes 2012 - Torch • limited colour edition of 100 silver metallic / gold • screen print on Somerset Satin archival printmaking paper • 52cm x 17.5cm • signed and numbered by the artist

£58

pressh o M e b e a u T i f u l M a g a z i n e Fave Finds May 2013

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toP 3 GiFt ‘the perfect gift for a london lover - ursula Hitz celebrates the capital with this limited-edition typographic print.’

c o M p l e T e l y l o n d o n M a g a z i n eMay 2011

...Swiss-born artist and resident Londoner Ursula Hitz has a way with words. Her distinctive brand of prose reaches beyond paperbacks and on to the city maps she creates out of a visually charming jumble of hand lettering. There’s order among the apparent chaos, as the typography represents the boroughs that make up each city – Zurich, new york and paris have all been laid out. Why the passion for place names? ‘I love becoming fixated on their intricacies, before taking a step back and seeing a bigger structure evolve,’ she explains. ‘Unlike regular maps, mine don’t focus on streets or buildings. Instead, they build an organic texture of words that grow from the centre – in the way that most cities have grown.’ · donna Hardie http://bit.ly/qP8dlm • page 46 - 47

d e s k T o p M a g a z i n e July 2012

T h e a r T c a b i n 19 January 2013

InTervIeW WITH UrSULA HITZ Ursula Hitz talks about the inspiration behind her typographic limited edition maps of London, new york, paris, etc. http://theartcabin.co.uk/ursula-hitz-interview/

T h r i l l i s T August 2011

From a Swiss designer turned Londoner whose talents apparently lie in “typography, graphics, and cheese-making”, Hitz is now laying out her new home on a trio of typographic prints depicting Greater, zones 1-3, and central via tightly packed neighborhood names morphed to fit the size and shape of their respective areas, though to accommodate its space, Walthamstow is oddly spelled without any F’s. She’s also done paris, new york & Zurich -- hit UrsulaHitz.com and admire the beauty.

http://thrl.st/qLpumr

k i n k i M a g a z i n b l o gJuly 2011

eigentlich stehen die üblichen Landkarten kurz vor dem Aussterben, iphone und navi sei dank! der Schweizer Künstlerin ursula Hitz sei dank, dass diese nun ein revival erleben. die dame kreiert typografische landkarten als Limited edition in aufwendigen, von Hand produzierten Siebdrucken. von new york, paris und London hat sie bereits schon welche hergestellt und das mit erfolg. das completely london Magazin hat sich bereits ihrer Arbeit gewidmet und nun befindet sie sich in der new designers Ausstellung in London. klingt vielversprechend. Spannend klingt übrigens auch ihr neustes Werk – eine typografische karte von Zürich. Und unsere Stadt kann sich richtig sehen – respektive lesen – lassen.

http://bit.ly/oxFFZn

glossary

w h a T i s a c i d - f r e e p a p e r ?(Archival) Acid-free paper is paper that has a neutral or basic pH (7 or slightly greater). It can be made from any cellulose fiber as long as the active acid pulp is eliminated during processing. It is also lignin and sulfur free. Acid-free paper addresses the problem of preserving documents for long periods. source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

deckle edgeIn manual papermaking, a deckle is a removable wooden frame or “fence” placed into a mould to keep the paper slurry within bounds and to control the size of the sheet produced. After the mold is dipped into a vat of paper slurry, excess water is drained off and the deckle is removed and the mold shaken or “couched” to set the fibers of the paper. Some of the paper slurry passes under the deckle and forms an irregular, thin edge. paper with a feathered or soft edge is described as having a “deckled” edge, in contrast with a cut edge.

source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

w h a T i s a l i M i T e d e d i T i o n p r i n T ? In printmaking, an edition is a number of prints struck from one plate, usually at the same time. This may be a limited edition, with a fixed number of impressions produced on the understanding that no further impressions (copies) will be produced later, or an open edition limited only by the number that can be sold or produced before the plate wears. most modern artists produce only limited editions, normally signed by the artist in pencil, and numbered as say 67/100 to show the unique number of that impression and the total edition size.

numberingBecause of the variation in quality, lower-numbered prints in an edition are sometimes favoured as superior, especially with older works where the image was struck until the plate wore out. However the numbering of impressions in fact may well not equate at all to the sequence in which they were printed, and may often be the reverse of it... source: http://www.arttips.co.uk

w h a T i s a n a r T i s T ’ s p r o o f ? ..Artist’s proofs are not included in the count of a limited edition, and sometimes the number of artist’s proofs, which belong to the artist, can be surprisingly high at twenty or more. By convention, the artist is not supposed to sell these at once. source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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25 NOVEMBER - 7 DECEMBER 2013

Typographic Maps + Photo collages limited edition screen prints by Ursula Hitz and photo collages by B-sights