Arts

Medieval style map of Mars

Medieval style map of Mars

Hand drawn map of Mars. 11×17 print on aged parchment paper. Artist: Jesse Kennedy, USA. (“Medieval Mapmaker”), map creator since 2012 (source). This map is part of a series of medieval-style maps and various drawings. Online Etsy.com.
Archie’s Press Map of the Moon

Archie’s Press Map of the Moon

Cartographer: Archie Archambault Website Planetary Maps from Archie’s Press: The Elements of Space Archie’s Press publishes minimalist “mental” maps that are built from circles. “The circle, our Universe’s softest shape, clearly conveys size and connections.” – Archie says. He created a “Map from the Mind” for dozens of cities, simplifying structures and districts in the simplest […]

Kenneth Field’s Map of Mars: “Is There Life on Mars?”

Cartographer: Kenneth Field Scale: 1: 20M, printed, 1:73-1:4M digital Equidistant Cylindrical Projection Date: 2016 Software: ArcGIS Digital edition Feature: customizable topographic color ranges    
Venus, batik

Venus, batik

Venus, batik on silk, 112” x 37” Displayed: Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.. Website: http://maryedna.com/public-art/venus/

Mars, batik

Slice of Mars, batik on silk, 116.75” x 35” Artist: Mary Edna Fraser Exhibited at ICC2017, Washington DC Website: http://maryedna.com/gallery/batiks/  
Quilled Spiral Moon

Quilled Spiral Moon

Artist-cartographer: Jennifer Grier Title: Spiral Moon Material, method: 1/4″ paper strips of 4 grey shades rolled into small circles, quilling Date: 2016 Size: 8″ On display: DPS/EPSC 2016, Pasadena, CA Awards: Little Circles 3RD Annual Quilling Contest, 2nd place More information on how it was created This quilled Moon is the work of lunar scientist – author – artist Jennifer Grier. […]
Hand-painted Globe of Io

Hand-painted Globe of Io

Artist-cartographer: Merc Boyan Date: 2016 On display: Planetary Society, Pasadena, California Method: Earth globe re-painted, using a virtual globe generated from actual images  
Carving Out the Face of the Moon

Carving Out the Face of the Moon

A relief map of a portion of the Moon / Artist’s book  Author: Jamie Molaro Material: PhD Thesis   The author’s comments: “This book is my PhD thesis, which focuses on the breakdown of boulders on the Moon due to diurnal thermally induced stresses, one of many processes that modifies and evolves the Moon’s landscape over time. […]
Super Catcher

Super Catcher

Brad Kahlhammer: Super Catcher. 2014. Material: Wire and bells. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Although designed to represent a Native American dreamcatcher in a commercialized world, this piece of art may also be considered as a representation of the surface of a cratered planetary body. Since the Universe contains 100 billion galaxies, each has […]