May 2024
The universe in acrylics - an artist’s passion
... the military who often visited the technologists based on the Farnborough, Hampshire, site. With QinetiQ, I used my creative flair to help describe the heritage of the organisation and I listened to the engineers to tailor my messaging (both written...
October 2024
The Human Spaceship - Off Balance
...and for communication. Embedded visual symbols and patterns can be achieved through art, design, architecture and creative thinking. Given the potentially extensive confinement and isolation of long duration spaceflight and space habitation, interior...
October 2024
Simplicity is the space industry’s secret weapon
... to go through such significant failures and keep going. This grit breeds extreme discipline, truly world class creativity and attention to detail unlike any other industry, but it also leads to an ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ mentality...
March 2017
Space for art: Quilting in orbit
... is that it presents itself in many artistic forms - and it is always such a pleasure to be surprised by discovering some new and creative way that artists are presenting the story of space exploration. One of these surprising and recent discoveries...
February 2018
Journey of inspiration
... ignorant of the history and the artistic legends of space art, a world occupied by some extremely talented and creative people. And here’s where I say ‘thanks’ again to Alan Bean who introduced me to the International Association of Astronomical...
November 2019
Space for Art – Reflections on the Moon
...The Moons Symphony by composer Amanda Lee Falkenberg, the creative result of cooperation with some of the greatest scientific minds...first sight. But halfway through this process, Falkenberg’s creative trajectory took an unexpected turn. It was during ...
