About Squirrel Hill Design and Craft

About Squirrel Hill Design and Craft

About Squirrel Hill Design and Craft

About Squirrel Hill Design and Craft

About Squirrel Hill Design and Craft

At Squirrel Hill we focus on small batch handcrafted maps, most often of smaller places that are loved by locals. I love doing custom work and am happy to work with you on maps of locations special to your shop's region. I love to explore the intersections of technology, craft, history, and geography. I've been working full-time as an artistic cartographer since 2017. I hope that my handcrafted wood maps can help to deepen your connection to a location. They are created to encourage a new perspective, instill a sense of place, and celebrate your neck of the woods. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, I spent eight years away, during which time I studied woodworking and sustainable design at The Evergreen State College in Washington. After graduating, I lived in upstate New York for four years, where I started Squirrel Hill – naming the business after one of my most beloved places. In the 50s, my grandma made paper maps by hand for Bell Telephone on a wooden drafting table. My dad has a collection of USGS 7.5″ topographic maps that were treated as precious objects. He has instilled in me a reverence and fascination with the natural world. Now, growing up in an age of Google Maps and GPS, I have found myself drawn to creating tactile maps. I combine GIS data and laser cutting technology to cut pieces of wood that I assemble and finish by hand on my grandma’s drafting table.Read their story