Map Wood Engraving

For my project this quarter, I made a map the Greco-Persian areas in highlight of the Royal Road and how it affected the Persian army in the good ways and the bad. I used the domestic birch plywood on the laser cutter to make this map, which is nine inches in length and five inches in width. The water bodies in the area are all carved out and filled in with blue resin. All the cities and city-states are carved out and labeled. The process was lengthy I hand traced in procreate and then transferred it over. This is the second “take” The one I presented it painted white and the Royal Road and is a lot bigger.