Planet Box, 2010. A small selection of the 36 original artworks created for the publication, including:
Tailor of Ulm, pencil, ink pen and felt tip on paper 18cm x 13cm; Solar prominence, pencil, ink pen, biro, felt tip and oil pastel on paper 29.6 x 21cm; Ray Diary pen on paper, 18cm x 20cm; 360 view of Mars viewed by NASA’s Spirit Rover, cardboard, pencil, ink pen, acrylic and coloured pencil on card, 32 x 22.6cm; Broken Wing, pencil, pen, ink and felt tip on paper, 29.6 x 21cm, Bay of Rainbows, pen, A4 envelope 32 x 22.6cm.
Planet box - 2010
Planet Box is a publication work that is the culmination of a three year partnership with the poet Diana Syder. Using astronomy as a framing device, it combines a fictional narrative with scientific observation. Concerned with the personalisation of space, the work charts the deconstruction of an astronomer’s life as she files away her past into the structure of the solar system and surrounding constellations. The book presents a series of planetary drawings and doodles on household ephemera (such as the back of envelopes and post-it notes) in conjunction with Syders poetic works – giving a ‘first person’ perspective.
Planet Box, artwork by Laura Daly and poetry by Diana Syder, Comma Press, 2010.