Utilizing steel rods and scrap sheet metal, I created an interpretation of what I believe the birth of psyche could have been. The piece was welded to show movement both physically and mythically around the asteroid body with a scrap metal solid core in the round shape of the Psyche asteroid with varied size strips of metal placed at the ends of rods curved around the spherical space of the body.
Utilizing steel rods and scrap sheet metal, I created an interpretation of what I believe the birth of psyche could have been. The piece was welded to show movement both physically and mythically around the asteroid body with a scrap metal solid core in the round shape of the Psyche asteroid with varied size strips of metal placed at the ends of rods curved around the spherical space of the body.
Utilizing steel rods and scrap sheet metal, I created an interpretation of what I believe the birth of psyche could have been. The piece was welded to show movement both physically and mythically around the asteroid body with a scrap metal solid core in the round shape of the Psyche asteroid with varied size strips of metal placed at the ends of rods curved around the spherical space of the body.
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Impact

JULIA STEPHENS

March 18th, 2026

Major: Studio Art and Creative Writing

Genre/Medium: Steel

About the Work:

The creation of the Psyche asteroid as we know it is proposed to have been formed by a collision that stripped it to its metal core. This impact was the catalyst for the psyche mission, opening a realm for research and data that could influence the knowledge we have on Earth’s core.

“Impact” is a sculptural interpretation of the creation of Psyche both physically and mythically. I chose the word Impact as the title for this piece as it is a homonym that represents the process of psyche’s creation depicted in my work as well as highlights the potential impact on science that this asteroid could have.

Utilizing steel rods and scrap sheet metal, I created an interpretation of what I believe the birth of psyche could have been. The piece was welded to show movement with a scrap metal solid core in the shape of the Psyche asteroid as we know it now with varied strips of metal placed at the ends of rods curved around the spherical space of the body.

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Date Added: 03-18-2026
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Julia Stephens - Psyche Inspired

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