A map of your place
From $1,200
A drawn map of a town, a campus or a garden, ready to print.
Ask about a map →Ines Calder draws maps, covers and quiet places.
Illustrator and map-maker. I draw places that are easy to get lost in, and signs that help you out of them.
Selected work
The Harbour Atlas
Risograph atlas · 2026
A folding atlas of twelve charts of a coast that doesn't exist.
Night Garden
Book covers · 2026
Covers and chapter openers for a greenhouse novel.
River signs
Wayfinding · 2026
Forty signs and one map for a riverside walk.
Small birds
Screen prints · 2025
A set of six bird prints for a nature trust.
Tidal clock
Prints left
Poster · 2025
A poster that tells the tide by the hour.
Field notes
Sketchbook · 2024
Sketchbook pages from a summer of walking.
Commissions
Book cover
From $900
A cover and spine, with two rounds of sketches.
Editorial drawing
From $350
One drawing for an article, in a week.
Experience
2021 – now
Freelance illustrator
Self-employed
Maps, covers and editorial drawings for publishers and studios.
2016 – 2021
Senior designer
Example Design Studio
Led the maps and wayfinding team; drew the city's cycle map.
2013 – 2016
Junior designer
Example Press
Books, posters and a lot of kerning.
Education
2011 – 2013
MA Illustration
Example School of Art
Thesis on hand-drawn maps in the age of satellites.
2008 – 2011
BA Graphic Design
Example University
First-class honours.
Projects
The longer story behind some of the work.
- Sep 14
The Harbour Atlas Twelve hand-drawn charts of an imaginary coast, printed as a folding atlas.
- Jun 2
Night Garden Covers and chapter openers for a novel set in a greenhouse.
- Mar 20
River signs Wayfinding for a riverside walk: forty signs and one map.
Exhibitions
Coming up
- Fri, Mar 12
Lines of the Coast 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM CT · Northlight Gallery
- Sat, May 8
Small Press Fair 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT · Old Corn Exchange
Earlier
- Fri, Nov 7
Paper Weather 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CT · Studio Seven
About
I grew up on a coast that changed shape every winter, and I have been drawing maps of it ever since.
I work in pencil and ink, then print by risograph or screen. Clients include publishers, small museums and one very patient ferry company.