Cosmic Tile Street Art

I have been taking a lot of photos of street art recently.  The first piece that really caught my eye was a ceramic tile that had been placed on the wall above head height on a building on Green Street, just off Chapel Street.

Eta Carinae 2011, Ceramic Tile on Wall.  WIndsor
(ghost and mushroom paste ups have been
sprayed over, but the tile remains.)

I’ve seen five tiles so far and I assume there are more.  All have been dotted around Prahran and Windsor.  Two tiles are close to work, one is on the corner of Greville Street and St Edmonds Road and the other two are off Chapel Street, close to Commercial Road.  Each one has been discretely placed on the wall above head height.  You have to look up to spot them and it’s hard to get a really close look.

Cosmic Tiles, 2011 Prahran and WIndsor

All the tiles are of astronomical features; nebula, stars and galaxies.  I had a look on the Hubble website easily located three of the images.  They’re glossy, reflective and colourful.  I’d love to know who did them and how they were done.  I like the contrast between the smallness of the tile and the seeming vastness of the image depicted.   

Supergiant Star V838 Monocerotis. 2011,
Ceramic Tile on wall.  Windsor 

Spiral Galaxy 2011, Ceramic Tile on Wall, Prahran 

Cosmic tiles 2011, Ceramic Tiles on walls.  Windsor and Prahran 

Nebula 2011 Ceramic tile on wall.
cnr St Edmonds Rd & Greville St. Prahran