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Hand-drawn maps for people who like getting lost.

chronoskin is a one-person studio. I walk a place, then draw it with ink and too many colours, for festivals, trail clubs and small magazines.

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Maps drawn
143
Years at it
12
Countries
9

Lately

  • "People stop at the map before they stop at the stalls."

    NA Noor A., festival office

  • "The only trail map nobody has folded wrong."

    JB Jonas B., walking club

  • "We framed the proof."

    PC Petra C., harbour office

Now

On the drawing table

A walking map of a market town for its summer fair: forty stalls, three bandstands and a duck pond that insists on being in the middle.

Next free slot is in September.

How a commission works
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Work

Thirty-six maps I would still put my name on. Six to a page.

Commission one
On the cards: On the table New Year Prints available Few prints left Sold out
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  2. Work
  3. The island ferry map

The island ferry map

Seven piers, four boats and a timetable that only makes sense as a picture.

How it was drawn

The harbour office wanted one sheet a visitor could read on a windy pier. I rode every boat twice, once looking forward and once looking back.

What went on the sheet

Each pier gets its own colour and each boat a line in that colour. The file that keeps them apart is called piers.txt, and it is the most useful thing I made all year.

  • North is where the big crane is, not where the compass says
  • Crossing times are drawn as distance, so a slow boat looks far
  • The cafe that sells tickets is marked twice, on purpose

What stayed off

Depths, buoys and anything a sailor needs. This is a map for people with ice cream, and it says so in the corner.

More like this

Want one of your place?

A map like this takes four to six weeks and starts with a walk.

See the rates

Autumn slots taken4 of 6

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  2. Hire me
  3. Rates and enquiry

Hire me

What a map costs, how long it takes, and a form that goes straight to my desk.

Booked until August

Two slots are open from September. Small maps can sometimes jump the queue.

Rates

Kind of mapTakesFrom
One street or square2 weeks900
Festival or fair site3 weeks1,600
Town or island5 weeks2,800
Trail, up to four days6 weeks3,400
Editorial, one page1 week650

Prices include one round of changes and the right to print the map as often as you like. The walk is charged at cost.

Do you visit the place?

Always. I walk it at least twice before I draw.

Who owns the map?

You may print it as often as you like. I keep the drawing.

Can it be changed later?

One round of changes is in the price.

Tell me about the place

Give a month and a year, such as October 2025.

What should a stranger not miss?

Printing is quoted apart, by the sheet.
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Field notes

A letter on the first Sunday of the month. One sketch, one wrong turn, one place worth the detour.

Past letters

This month

No letter yet

May's field note is still out walking. It lands on the first Sunday.

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