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Your Pet's Story Mapmaking Class
Your Pet's Story Mapmaking Class
Your Pet's Story Mapmaking Class
Your Pet's Story Mapmaking Class
Your Pet's Story Mapmaking Class
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Your Pet's Story Mapmaking Class

Created by Brendan Lorber

Artist Brendan Lorber teaches you how to capture the epic adventure of your pet’s life as a fantastical map.

$110.00

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Your purchase includes

A 90-minute live virtual experience with an expert instructor

A Mapmaking Kit, mailed to you before the date of your experience

An email sent at least 24 hours before the experience with all the preparation details including experience log-in information

The Experience

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From the moment that fluffy, feathered, or finned friend arrived in your home, life’s been an adventure—and like all epics, the tale of your beloved animal buddy demands a magical map. Join artist, poet, and writer Brendan Lorber for an extraordinary live virtual experience where you’ll learn how to transform your pet’s legendary journey into a topographical portrait of the heart. Brendan’s hand-drawn biographical maps, inspired by classic fantasy fiction and role-playing games, are on display in libraries and museums around the world—his imaginative style is perfectly suited to creating a timeless keepsake of your pet’s life, whether it’s to mark a special occasion, honor the memory of a beloved pet who crossed the rainbow bridge or just to celebrate the heartfelt bond between humans and their animal companions.

  • Prior art experience is not required, but you’ll have some fun homework before class: coming up with a list of the landmark events, quirky qualities, favorite activities, and memorable moments that make up your friend’s bio—these will become the geographic features that capture your pet’s unique story and spirit.
  • In class, you’ll jump right into drawing your map with Brendan’s engaging instruction and plenty of time to work and ask questions.
  • Within 90 minutes, you’ll go from apprentice mapmaker to master cartographer as you create a meaningful work of art worth cherishing forever; you probably won't finish your map in class, but Brendan will equip you with the skills to complete your masterpiece with confidence.
Class length: 90 minutes.
Comes with the class: Exclusively available with purchase of this experience, our custom Fantasy Mapmaking Kit includes a template on artist-quality paper, a French curve drawing tool, Brendan’s own cartography guide, a perfectly sized wooden frame, and more.

Experiences make great gifts! To gift this class, simply purchase the class for the date/time you think will work for your recipient. If that doesn’t work for the recipient, no worries! Send an email that includes your order confirmation number to help@uncommongoods.com at least 48-hours prior and we’ll help get them moved into a scheduled class that works better for them. Please note: By default, order confirmations and event details are sent to the purchaser’s email. If you'd like this information to go to your gift recipient instead, select "this is a gift" under your chosen date. Once in your cart, you can enter the recipient's email address and choose a delivery date for the class confirmation email.

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Brendan Lorber

About

Ride the ferry to Brooklyn and make your way to its tallest hill. There, across the street from a vast Victorian-era cemetery, is the little castle that Brendan Lorber and family call home. This atmospheric locale is well-suited to the poet, writer, artist, and, now, maker of hand-drawn maps inspired by classic fantasy world-building. "I've always loved maps," says Brendan of his creative cartography. "They add a layer of intrigue and a sense of achievement when you get where you were going."

For this class, you will need the included Mapmaking Kit, a small ruler or straightedge, blank sheets of paper, a pencil, coffee beans or any dried bean.

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send You'll receive an email at least 24 hours before your experience with all the preparation details.

The Mapmaking Kit will be shipped in time to arrive before the date of your experience.

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Ages

16+

Measurements

11 in x 14 in

Care

Please use the included frame for preservation once finished with your map

Notes

Before class, you must complete the Concepting Your Map project, outlined here.

1-2 people per screen, please. (More than that affects the quality of everyone's experience.)

Item ID

59884

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