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Blue Line Train MBTA Paper Art
$80.00 Add to cartThe MBTA Blue Line connects downtown Boston to the Boston Logan International Airport, the neighborhood of East Boston, and Revere Beach in the city of Revere. It’s a relatively short line compared to other subway lines in the city, but a vital connector for commuters, travelers, and beach-goers! When the subway lines were color coded in 1965, this line was given the blue color because it travels through a tunnel under the Boston Harbor, a rare ocean-going subway line. That tunnel has actually been in use for various public transit modes since 1904, and was the first underwater subway tunnel built in North America.
This paper model of a 700-series Blue Line train car is created from nearly 100 individually designed and cut pieces of paper, and carefully assembled by hand. The model is mounted to a blue background created with acrylic paint using a mono-printing technique. The black frame is 8.75″ (about 22cm) square and 1.125″ (about 3cm) deep. It looks great as part of a gallery wall, and is small enough to fit in some of those weird corners and nooks, or on a bookshelf!
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Commuter Rail MBTA Paper Art
$80.00 Add to cartThe MBTA Commuter Rail has over 400 miles of track, 12 lines, and 142 stations. It is a massive system that connects downtown Boston to points north, west. and south, and across state lines into Rhode Island. Today’s unified system is a consolidation over time of multiple independently-owned railroad companies that formed beginning in the mid-1800’s to connect the outer suburbs to downtown Boston. That original structure is still visible today with the lines north of Boston mostly terminating at North Station, and the lines that run south of Boston mostly terminating at South Station. The Commuter Rail’s purple color was established in 1974 as part of an effort to revitalize and consolidate the system, which was still operated in a fragmented way before then.
This paper model of a Commuter Rail HSP46 Diesel Locomotive is created from nearly 100 individual pieces of paper, and carefully assembled by hand. The model is mounted to a purple background created with acrylic paint using a mono-printing technique. The black frame is 8.75″ (about 22cm) square and 1.125″ (about 3cm) deep. It looks great as part of a gallery wall, and is small enough to fit in some of those weird corners and nooks, or on a bookshelf!
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Green Line Trolley MBTA Paper Art
$80.00 Add to cartThe MBTA Green Line is the oldest subway line in North America, with tunnels dating to 1897. Today the transit line is known as both the most confusing and loudest subway line in the MBTA system, due to having multiple terminal stations on each end of the line, and many twisty tunnels (again, dating to 1897) under the city of Boston that are tight enough that the train groans and squeals in protest all along the way.
This paper model of a Type 7 Green Line Trolley is created from nearly 100 individual pieces of paper, and carefully assembled by hand. The model is mounted to a green background created with acrylic paint using a mono-printing technique. The black frame is 8.75″ (about 22cm) square and 1.125″ (about 3cm) deep. It looks great as part of a gallery wall, and is small enough to fit in some of those weird corners and nooks, or on a bookshelf!
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MBTA Bus Public Transit Paper Art
$80.00 Add to cartThe MBTA operates over 150 bus routes in the Greater Boston area. Since buses operate on existing roads, bus routes are the most “nimble” component of the MBTA system, able to adapt as the population in different areas grows at different rates. The MBTA maintains a fleet of over 1,000 buses.
This paper model of an XDE40 Model MBTA Bus is created from over 50 individual pieces of paper, and carefully assembled by hand. The model is mounted to a yellow background (the color of the distinctive stripe on the side of each bus) created with acrylic paint using a mono-printing technique. The black frame is 8.75″ (about 22cm) square and 1.125″ (about 3cm) deep. It looks great as part of a gallery wall, and is small enough to fit in some of those weird corners and nooks, or on a bookshelf!
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MBTA Public Transit System Map Paper Art
$80.00 Add to cartIs there anything more iconic than a transit system map? This map of the MBTA subway, light rail, and rapid transit system (as of 2024) is based on the official system map graphics, with a twist: each line is cut from colored paper! After layering colored paper for water and land, and the shape of each transit line, I add a large version of the MBTA’s “T” logo that hovers above the map.
The 8.75″ square frame is completed with UV-protected glass to prevent fading.
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My Vote Matters Pinback Button
$5.00 Add to cartAn evolution of the “what if” ponderings of my Possibility Project series, this 2″ round pinback button doesn’t wonder, it states clearly that the wearer’s vote matters. Great for reminding yourself that it’s important to participate in government, and reminding anyone who reads it that it’s worth engaging with the process.
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Orange Line Train MBTA Paper Art
$80.00 Add to cartThe MBTA Orange Line was originally called the Main Line Elevated and built in 1901 to connect neighborhoods of Boston before being extended north toward Malden in the following decades. The orange line connects Malden, MA north of Boston, through Medford, MA, Somerville, MA, and into Downtown Boston then through the city south to the Jamaica Plain neighborhood. The Orange Line has recently been the focus of a major overhaul and renovation effort by the MBTA resulting in improved service and reliability, as well as a fleet of brand new trains built between 2018 and 2023.
This paper model of a Series 14 Orange Line train is created from nearly 100 individually cut pieces of paper, and carefully assembled by hand. The model is mounted to an orange background created with acrylic paint using a mono-printing technique. The black frame is 8.75″ (about 22cm) square and 1.125″ (about 3cm) deep. It looks great as part of a gallery wall, and is small enough to fit in some of those weird corners and nooks, or on a bookshelf!
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Red Line Train MBTA Paper Art
$80.00 Add to cartThe MBTA Red Line is the newest of Boston’s subway lines, with construction beginning in 1909. The route has changed and extended many times since then, but all extensions of the original route connecting Boston’s Park Street station to Cambridge’s Harvard University. The modern Red Line map connects Alewife Station on the northern edge of Cambridge, MA to both Braintree, MA and Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood (via Dorchester and Milton, MA)
This paper model of a No. 3 style Red Line train is created from over 50 individual pieces of paper, and carefully assembled by hand. The model is mounted to a red background created with acrylic paint using a mono-printing technique. The black frame is 8.75″ (about 22cm) square and 1.125″ (about 3cm) deep. It looks great as part of a gallery wall, and is small enough to fit in some of those weird corners and nooks, or on a bookshelf!
