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Valentine's Day...
Behind the scenes
So to opportunistically grab a great image from the collection, here's a big gold heart.
![Ruth Watson Take heart 1999. Chocolate wrapping paper and pins. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 1999. Reproduced courtesy of the artist](/media/cache/ac/fa/acfa5098219b109036098cf86176f403.jpg)
Ruth Watson Take heart 1999. Chocolate wrapping paper and pins. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 1999. Reproduced courtesy of the artist
Ruth Watson's Take Heart is also a map of the world - a heart-shaped projection, or cordiform, based on the Werner projection. Which looks like this:
![Français : Oronce Fine, Mappemonde en forme de cœur montrant la Terre australeRecens et integra orbis descriptio, Paris, 1536. Carte gravée sur bois et aquarellée (51 × 57 cm (20.1 × 22.4 in) en 2 f. assemblés) BNF, Cartes et Plans, Rés. Ge DD 2987 (63) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map-heart-054.jpg](/media/cache/46/4a/464ae2e976b9aa093c5d62fbf2fa489e.jpg)
Français : Oronce Fine, Mappemonde en forme de cœur montrant la Terre australeRecens et integra orbis descriptio, Paris, 1536. Carte gravée sur bois et aquarellée (51 × 57 cm (20.1 × 22.4 in) en 2 f. assemblés)
BNF, Cartes et Plans, Rés. Ge DD 2987 (63)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map-heart-054.jpg
Now that's a Valentine's card I'd like!