Skyward Roots: Colossive Cartographie No. 41
A tribute to the life and passions of Catherine M. Quayle, a farm girl turned nun from the Isle of Man who made history as one of the chief mathematicians on the intrepid Croydon Spaceport Project in the swinging 60s.
Skyward Roots, Number 41. of the Colossive Cartographies collection, is published by London based Colossive Press and is a collaboration with writer and researcher Tom Murphy, author and creator of The Croydon Spaceport Project.
Colossive Cartographies is an attempt to create a print equivalent of a series of seven-inch singles. Using a simple pop-out A6-to-A4 format based on the Turkish map fold and collaborating with creators including cartoonists, fine artists, poets, writers and photographers to bring an unpredictable range of visual practice into a hand-folded treat.
Along with the original cartography (in the form of an experimental zine), artefacts from Catherine’s extraordinary life were on display during my the Telling Tales exhibition.
