Ep. 87: AURORA 'Daughter Cosmos' — Limited Edition Art Print
LIMITED EDITION SERIES ~ (1 of 25) ~ (1 of 10) ~ (1 of 5)
Ep. 87: AURORA 'Daughter Cosmos' — Limited Edition Art Print
HAND-CUT RELIEF PRINT
PRINTED IN THE BYRON BAY HINTERLAND
The sun in one hand, the moon in the other, and she is looking at neither.
A woman seen in profile, head tipped back, black hair falling the length of her. Both arms are raised — an ochre sun held high in the left, a pale blue crescent in the right. Cut and layered paper, each shape carrying its own grain.
The original artwork from Ep. 87, now as a limited edition archival print.
Made to order in the Byron Bay Hinterland. Please allow 3–4 weeks.
AT A GLANCE
— Original artwork from Ep. 87
— Cut-paper collage, reproduced as an archival pigment print
— Ilford Galerie 310gsm, 100% cotton rag
— Ilford Galerie 310gsm, 100% cotton rag
— Framed or unframed
— A4, A3, A2 and A0
— Editions of 25, 25, 10 and 5
— Printed in the Byron Bay Hinterland
— Made to order · please allow 3–4 weeks (A0, 4–5 weeks)
✓ Archival 100% cotton rag · ✓ Pigment inks · ✓ Made to order · ✓ Closed edition
MADE TO ORDER · ALLOW 3–4 WEEKS
She is holding both, and that is not the same as balancing them. There is no scale here, no symmetry, no moment of equilibrium being achieved. The sun is a complete disc, solid and high and forward; the moon is a crescent — partial, lower, further back, thinner in colour. One is whole and one is not. Anyone who has carried two things at once will recognise that they are never the same weight, and the composition declines to pretend otherwise.
Now look at where she is looking. Her head is tipped back and her face is turned past both of her hands, up and out of the frame entirely. The objects she is holding are not the subject of her attention. She is carrying them the way you carry something while thinking about something else — which is to say, the way things are actually carried.
The arms are impossibly long, and they have to be. To reach the sun and the moon at once a body has to be stretched out of proportion, and this one has been. The elongation is not stylisation for its own sake; it is the cost of the reach made visible. Everything about her from the shoulders up is extended.
There is exactly one ornament in the entire picture: a small gold rectangle at her ear. It is the only hard-edged, metallic, manufactured thing in an image otherwise built from soft organic shapes, and it is also the only element with no symbolic job to do. The sun means something. The moon means something. The earring is just hers.
And she is dressed — a rose-pink bandeau, nothing more. Not drapery, not robes, no mythological costume. A woman in a crop top holding celestial bodies. That ordinary register is precisely what stops the piece tipping into kitsch; the scale of what she’s doing is cosmic and the way she’s dressed for it is Tuesday.
Technically there is not a single drawn line anywhere in this image. Every form is an edge — a shape of coloured paper cut and laid down, its own fibre grain visible within it, meeting the next shape cleanly. The hair is a shape. The jaw is a shape. The gap between the fingers is a shape. The whole thing is made of decisions about where to cut.
One last thing, across the range. TERRA’s figure is enclosed by herself. MILA’s has become the land. KAIA’s kneels and holds the earth. ALA’s simply stands. AURORA is the only one who has reached off the planet altogether, and she has done it without putting anything down.
Sixty-five impressions of Mother Cosmos will exist. Across every size, for the life of this label.
— A4 · edition of 25
— A3 · edition of 25
— A2 · edition of 10
— A0 · edition of 5
The editions fall as the paper grows. An A0 is not a larger A4 — it is a different object, on a different roll, taking two people to lift off the table and a wall tall enough to carry it. There are five.
1 of 5 means five people. Not five this season, not five per country. Five, ever.
When a size sells out, it closes. It does not return in another colourway, at another trim, or as an anniversary run. We keep a record of every edition against the artwork.
This is an edition, not the original. The original collage was cut and assembled once and is not for sale. What you are buying is an archival pigment print of it on cotton rag, strictly limited, and then stopped.
Printed on Ilford Galerie 310gsm — a 100% cotton rag, acid-free, archival fine-art paper with a soft matte surface and a natural white tone. No optical brighteners, so it will not yellow or shift. Pigment inks, rated for over a century without fading under normal conditions.
Cotton rag was chosen to match the original. A relief print is a conversation between a hard block and a soft sheet — the plank grain, the skips, the uneven coverage all exist because paper with tooth received them. A slick paper would reproduce the shape and lose the reason.
Each print is produced to order in Australia and inspected by hand before it leaves us.
— A4 · 21 × 29.7 cm · edition of 25
— A3 · 29.7 × 42 cm · edition of 25
— A2 · 42 × 59.4 cm · edition of 10
— A0 · 84.1 × 118.9 cm · edition of 5
A0 is chest height on most people. It is a wall, not a picture. If you are deciding between A2 and A0, measure the space first — the jump is larger than it looks on a screen.
Framed prints arrive ready to hang — a slim flat white timber moulding, a deep white cotton-rag mat, and glazing. No assembly, no trip to the framer.
Unframed prints ship flat, interleaved with acid-free tissue, in a rigid board mailer. A0 unframed ships rolled in a heavy-gauge tube. Every size is standard A-series, so an off-the-shelf frame will fit without custom cutting.
Hang out of direct sunlight. Handle unframed prints by the edges or with clean dry hands — cotton rag marks easily. Do not use glass cleaner directly on a framed print; spray the cloth, not the glass.
Every print is made to order. Printing begins within two business days of your order, and we ask you to allow 3–4 weeks in total. A0 prints take 4–5 weeks, because they travel by freight rather than post.
It is slower than holding stock. It also means there is no excess, and nothing gets pulped.
— Prints ship separately from garments. If your order includes both, the tee will come first.
— A4, A3 and A2 ship tracked with Australia Post. International shipping is available on these sizes, calculated at checkout.
— A0 prints ship by freight carrier, not Australia Post, and are available within Australia only. They exceed international parcel limits in both rolled and framed form.
Returns on prints. Every print is made to order, so we are not able to offer refunds or exchanges for change of mind. Please choose your size and finish carefully before ordering.
If your print arrives damaged, faulty, or not what you ordered, that is a different matter entirely — email us a photo within 7 days at oldest@daughtercollective.com and we will replace it or refund it, your choice. Your rights under the Australian Consumer Law are not affected by anything on this page.
What does “1 of 25” mean?
The edition size. We make 25 of the A4 and A3, 10 of the A2, and 5 of the A0 — and then that artwork is never printed at that size again.
Will it ever be reprinted?
No. Once an edition closes, it closes.
Is this the original collage?
No. The original was cut and assembled once and is not for sale. This is an archival pigment reproduction of it — the paper you receive is real and textured, but the image on it is printed flat. There are no layered or cut edges to lift.
What is the paper?
Ilford Galerie 310gsm — 100% cotton, acid-free, archival. The same class of paper used for gallery editions.
Can I frame it myself?
Yes. Every unframed size is standard A-series, so any off-the-shelf frame will fit without custom cutting.
How big is A0, really?
84 × 119cm — chest height on most people. A2 is 42 × 59cm, A3 is 30 × 42cm, A4 is 21 × 30cm.
Where does this one work best?
It is the most vertical composition in the range. It suits a tall narrow wall, a stairwell, or anywhere with height above the hanging line — the raised arms need somewhere to go.
Why 3–4 weeks?
Each print is made to order rather than held in stock, then checked by hand before it ships. A0 takes 4–5 weeks because it travels by freight.
Can I return it if I change my mind?
Not on prints, because each one is made to order for you. Damaged or faulty prints are always replaced or refunded.
We named this label Oldest Daughter because the women who carry the most deserve something built to carry them back.
Every artwork in this series was made by hand, for one episode, and printed in our studio in the Byron Bay Hinterland. The prints exist so the work can live somewhere other than a wardrobe.
🤎 from the OD team
