Royal Mint:
“Stephen Hawking made difficult subjects accessible, engaging and relatable and this is what I wanted to portray in my design, which is inspired by a lecture he gave in Chile in 2008.
Hawking, at his playful best, invites the audience to contemplate peering into a black hole before diving in.
I wanted to fit a big black hole on the tiny coin and wish he was still here chortling at the thought. I am sure he would have thought of ways to harness the shiny table of the coin too. You feel he cared about all of us understanding.”
Edwina Ellis
Reminiscent of Harry Clarke’s whirlpool illustration for Poe’s ‘Tales of Mystery and Imagination’ (1919 edition) https://t.co/ow7Lare66M pic.twitter.com/Q28xuQounL— Darran Anderson (@Oniropolis) March 13, 2019