I love map making. And while the San Francisco Ghost Sign Map will always be my main focus, I still enjoy making the occasional silly little map about other physical phenomenon in the Bay Area.
I am very proud of this map to feral labyrinths and spirals in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Inspired by hanging out at the Albany Bulb (which has two labyrinths), it seeks to jump off from the fabulous work done by the Labyrinth Locator. Where that project has a truly encyclopedic listing of what I would call institutional labyrinths — commissioned pieces built in schools, hospitals, and churches — it’s light on the whimsical homemade hippie labyrinths that spring up in parks and along hiking trails. This map seeks to compile a list of all local labyrinths made from natural materials and built in natural places. While there are a handful of institutional labyrinths on this list, every labyrinth included was made from rocks, branches, dirt, and/or plants and has an aesthetic/spiritual grounding in ephemerality.