Pillars of Creation-Eagle Nebula #2/5 [“Pillars of Creation-Eagle Nebula #2/5”], 2020
Ink on paper
43 × 32 cm
#2/5
Collection of Bre Pettis
CA.2020.002
Description
The second impression in an edition of five, this work from Kröhnert's STARDUST series (2020) reprises Hubble's celebrated 'Pillars of Creation' view of the Eagle Nebula's star-forming columns. Kröhnert reduced the image to a stipple field with Evil Mad Scientist's StippleGen, generated the machine code in Grasshopper, and plotted it in acrylic and metallic gel inks on black A3 paper using the pen plotter she built during Austria's first pandemic lockdown. Because each plot wears through four to seven pens, the artist regards every print in the edition as a unique object, its metallic sheen shifting with the light.
Sources: https://www.iamdark.art/portfolio_page/stardust · https://www.dirtalleydesign.com/blogs/news/cmyk-butterflies-and-galaxy-art-interview-with-daniela-kroehnert
Daniela Kröhnert invoice 20-001, Vienna, 14 September 2020, covers four pen plots: "Pillars of Creation" Eagle Nebula #2/5, "Magic Mountain" Carina Nebula #1/5, Lagoon Nebula #1/5, and a fourth Eagle Nebula included at no charge. This sheet is the "Pillars of Creation" Eagle Nebula, numbered 2/5.
