Okeanos

Drawing, 2015

Okeanos is the figure in Greek mythology that personifies the great river encircling the world. Originally thought to represent just the bodies of salt water known to the ancient Greeks, as geography became more accurate, it came to signify the stranger, more unknown waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

These drawings present my own map of the world oceans constructed based on a constant-scale and Myriahedral projection. The work sought to counter the land-centrism of most maps (even nautical ones). I wanted to make a map of all the seas as a single body of water encircling the world. The coast becomes a continuous line and land masses are left as absences. Each drawing uses different different patterns and materials to render the surface of the ocean.

Okeanos (Surface), ink on paper, 100 x 70 cm, 2015 (Sold – Private Collection)
Okeanos (Deepest Points), graphite on paper, 150 x 120 cm, 2015. The surface is covered in crochet pattern with each ‘centre’ at the deepest points of the three main oceans (Atlantic, Indian and Pacific).

Okeanos (Lace), ink on paper, 100 x 70 cm, 2015. The surface is drawn with lace honeycomb pattern.