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Hiraeth

 

Hiraeth is a longing for the homeland, but it is not mere homesickness. It is the bond felt for one’s home country when away from it.
It can also be an intense longing for a home you can’t return to, or the sense of despair for not being able to connect to a home.

 

 

Ottawa, Geographical Services Directorate, Surveys and Mapping Branch, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, c1982.
Linocut and Paper Engineering
Monique Martin, 2017

 

     

 

 
   

Hiraeth – Africa - Home
Ink on vintage 1944 World Atlas (J.W Clement Co, Buffalo, N.Y.)
Linocut and Paper Engineering
9 x 9", 23 x 23cm
Monique Martin
2017
$425

 

Hiraeth – British Isles - Home
Ink on vintage 1944 World Atlas (J.W Clement Co, Buffalo, N.Y.)
Linocut and Paper Engineering
9 x 9", 23 x 23cm
Monique Martin
2017
$425

 

Hiraeth – Canada - Home
Ink on vintage 1944 World Atlas (J.W Clement Co, Buffalo, N.Y.)
Linocut and Paper Engineering
9 x 9", 23 x 23cm
Monique Martin
2017
$425

 

Hiraeth – Changed- Home
Ink on vintage 1944 World Atlas (J.W Clement Co, Buffalo, N.Y.)
Linocut and Paper Engineering
9 x 9", 23 x 23cm
Monique Martin
2017
$425

 

Hiraeth – East Indies - Home
Ink on vintage 1944 World Atlas (J.W Clement Co, Buffalo, N.Y.)
Linocut and Paper Engineering
9 x 9", 23 x 23cm
Monique Martin
2017
$425

 

Hiraeth – France - Home
Ink on vintage 1944 World Atlas (J.W Clement Co, Buffalo, N.Y.)
Linocut and Paper Engineering
9 x 9", 23 x 23cm
Monique Martin
2017
$425

 

Hiraeth – Japan - Home
Ink on vintage 1944 World Atlas (J.W Clement Co, Buffalo, N.Y.)
Linocut and Paper Engineering
9 x 9", 23 x 23cm
Monique Martin
2017
$425

 

Hiraeth – Mediterranean - Home
Ink on vintage 1944 World Atlas (J.W Clement Co, Buffalo, N.Y.)
Linocut and Paper Engineering
9 x 9", 23 x 23cm
Monique Martin
2017
$425

 

Hiraeth – South America - Home
Ink on vintage 1944 World Atlas (J.W Clement Co, Buffalo, N.Y.)
Linocut and Paper Engineering
9 x 9", 23 x 23cm
Monique Martin
2017
$425

 

Bike Path I
Ink on Saskatoon Bike Path Map
Linocut and Paper Engineering
9 x 9", 23 x 23cm
Monique Martin
2017
$400

 

Bike Path II
Ink on Saskatoon Bike Path Map
Linocut and Paper Engineering
9 x 9", 23 x 23cm
Monique Martin
2017
$400

 

Bike Path III
Ink on Saskatoon Bike Path Map
Linocut and Paper Engineering
9 x 9", 23 x 23cm
Monique Martin
2017
$400

 

Bike Path IV
Ink on Saskatoon Bike Path Map
Linocut and Paper Engineering
9 x 9", 23 x 23cm
Monique Martin
2017
$400

 

Bike Path V
Ink on Saskatoon Bike Path Map
Linocut and Paper Engineering
9 x 9", 23 x 23cm
Monique Martin
2017
$400