Hawaii USA - Island of Oahu Map - Vintage Hawaiian Colored Cartographic Map by Ruth Taylor White c.1941 - Japanese Unryu Rice Paper Art Print 24 x 32 in

Pacifica Island Art uses an environmentally-friendly Unryu Japanese rice paper made by the Awagami Factory in Tokushima, Japan. Unryu, which translates to 'cloud dragon paper' in Japanese, features long strands of kozo fiber and is made from natural mulberry and hemp fibers using traditional Japanese Washi techniques - ABOUT THE ARTIST - Ruth Taylor White - RUTH TAYLOR WHITE (1899-?) Perhaps the artist that best typifies the energy and style of 1930's pictorial maps, the work of Ruth Taylor White is whimsical, colorful and bold, but also captures a bit of the local feel and interest of the area she depicts. In 1931, the well-known map illustrator visited the Hawaiian Islands and was inspired to produce a series of decorative maps. Extremely colorful and whimsical in tone, they were issued by the Honolulu Star Bulletin and given away by the Hawaii Tourist Bureau. Ruth Taylor White was quite prolific; she published hundreds of 'cartographs' of the various states and published them in a now very scarce book entitled Our USA: A Gay Geography.