Gallery Type: Artwork from Psyche Inspired

This piece is a multimedia painting of the Psyche spacecraft as it approaches the Psyche asteroid. The background is made up of many different colors of acrylic paint splattered on to a wooden canvas. The spacecraft is made up of styrofoam and metal wire, and it is decorated with different metallic paints.

March 1, 2021

Satellite Approaching Psyche

Mitchel Medvec March 1, 2021 Major: Astrophysics and Mechanical Engineering Genre/Medium: acrylic paint, tile, styrofoam, metal wire, electrical tape, silicone, duct tape, wooden canvas About...
The Art of an Asteroid is a digital illustration showcasing the Psyche asteroid in an artistic view. The asteroid has layers of metallic colors, dark mandala patterns placed in areas of craters, and a defined outline drawn on edges and the main curves of the asteroid.

February 26, 2021

Art of an Asteroid

Aarti Patel February 26, 2021 Major: Mechanical Engineering Genre/Medium: digital illustration using Adobe Illustrator About the work: The Art of an Asteroid showcases Psyche in an artistic...
This piece is 24 inches by 13.5 inches. Red and black ink marks on 0.25 inch plexiglass were utilized to create lines that outline the shape of Psyche. There are two major craters and a series of rifts on the surface that appear pockmarked with small craters. As light shines through the plexiglass, red and blue shadows in the shape of Psyche are cast onto a white background.

February 23, 2021

Align

Lydia Pitts February 23, 2021 Major: Computer Science Genre/Medium: ink on plexiglass About the work: Align builds the form of Psyche through ink lines. Red lines mirror the blue lines and are...
On a computer screen, a model of the Psyche asteroid is displayed in the center. Over the asteroid is a timer, counting down the days, hours, minutes, and seconds until the launch. As you scroll down, the Psyche asteroid rotates and moves to the left, revealing text that describes the current mission phase and link to learn more.

February 12, 2021

Countdown to Psyche

Anne Elliott February 12, 2021 Major: New Media Design Genre/Medium: Cinema 4D, After Effects, HTML/CSS/Javascript About the work: I designed and coded a countdown timer that displays the time...
One page of the full storybook. This page says "The Psyche asteroid is hypothesized to be made largely of metal. Color the Psyche asteroid."

February 10, 2021

Draw Your Mission to (16) Psyche

Aurelia L. Waller February 10, 2021 Major: Astronomical and Planetary Sciences Genre/Medium: Photoshop, pencil, poster board, CAD, GPS; Bandlab About the work: Draw Your Mission to (16) Psyche...
Three semicircles sit at the center of the piece, the smallest at the center representing the core of our planet, and surrounding it planet Earth itself with land and ocean masses. The third semicircle encases the other two with an intense, dark black, symbolizing the vastness of space. Stemming from the Earth are several strands reaching out towards a star. One of these strands has a distinctive appearance of a strand of DNA. Also featured are the Sun, looming in the background in an intense and vibrant yellow, along with the Moon floating slightly to the side and above planet Earth. At the bottom of the design, 4 lines float beneath the Earth, becoming increasingly thinner and faded.

February 8, 2021

Origin

Daniel Zepeda-Cuba February 8, 2021 Major: New Media Design Genre/Medium: digital About the work: This minimal design was created with the idea of expanding upon the symbols created by astronomers...
This piece is 8 inches by 10 inches. Black ink on 7 layers of 0.1 inch plexiglass was utilized to create thin black lines that build up a slightly three-dimensional form of Psyche. There are two major craters, a series of rifts, and the surface appears pockmarked with small craters. The many layers of glass are held by a dark wooden frame.

February 5, 2021

Surfaces

Lydia Pitts February 5, 2021 Major: Computer Science Genre/Medium: ink on plexiglass and wood About the work: The intent of Surfaces was to create an abstract representation of Psyche’s surface...
A product presentation page, titled “Psyche Light”. In the center of the page is a large photograph of a lamp. The lamp has a short, cylindrical base made of cork. A translucent white dome sits on the base and diffuses an orange light. The dome is heavily textured with craters to mimic the hypothesized surface of the asteroid Psyche. Along the left margin is a black and white orthographic line drawing of the lamp.

February 3, 2021

Psyche Light

Sam Hollasch February 3, 2021 Major: Industrial Design Genre/Medium: sculpture and product design; made from clear-set resin and cork About the work: This is a light, or mood lamp, made from...
At the center of the piece, a close, semi-transparent portrait of Psyche with the universe and Psyche mission motifs surrounding her in an expressionist style. The portrait of the goddess is painted bright yellow, with contrasting orange and purple for undertones and shading. In place of eyes, there is an abstract drawing made out of marker and colored tape of the Psyche mission spacecraft. Surrounding her face, the projected flight overview of the spacecraft is painted in a spiraled motion further into the solar system. The top left corner has the word “Psyche” broken up by syllables in blue letters with textured yellow/blue background and black/white wavy lines. The top right corner has a neon orange, black, and white line textured background with the first phase postage stamped. On top of the stamp, “Madam in her Universe” is written on the top while “Mission to Psyche” is on the bottom, and “2015-2027” in the middle. Under the stamp the Psyche Mission tagline, “Journey to a Metal World”, is written vertically in cursive along a blue and white background to the bottom right corner, with the word “to” replaced for the number “2” in orange. The bottom right corner has the yellow shoulder of the Goddess with her hand on her chest, with her hand touching the number “16” in blue on her heart. There are pieces of tin foil overlapping her body with white and black wavy lines. The bottom left corner has the planets Jupitar and Mars bleeding off the canvas and covering the goddess’s left shoulder. Mars is in front of Jupiter and there is aluminum foil outlining Mars.

February 1, 2021

Madam in her Universe

Brianna Young February 1, 2021 Major: Graphic Design Genre/Medium: mixed media: acrylic paint, oil-based paint, marker, soft pastels, tape, charcoal, paper, and tin foil About the work: For...
This is a hanging mobile made from wire, with clay pieces of Psyche and the satellite hanging by chains. They are painted in a shiny metallic paint that shimmers in the sun and are hanging with two sun catcher crystals.

January 29, 2021

Orbiting Dreams

Siena Smania January 29, 2021 Major: Astrobiology Genre/Medium: clay and wire About the work: A child’s mobile is the one thing they look to when falling off to sleep. It sparks creativity...
A metallic aluminum sheet with scattered abstract paste throughout the piece. The colors are grey, purple, and copper.

January 27, 2021

Sight of Psyche

Zarina Karapetyan January 27, 2021 Major: Art History Genre/Medium: metal, texture paste, and acrylic About the work: The piece is created on a sheet of galvanized aluminum, with sand and paste...
A world globe painted in an ombre of the Psyche mission colors. A section is cutout. and filled with leaves, flowers, and butterflies. Around the globe, small droplets of silver run down.

January 25, 2021

Outer Soul

Sarai Rankin January 25, 2021 Major: Physics Genre/Medium: sculpture made of repurposed globe, acrylic paint, liquid solder, craft flowers, wires, liquid plastic About the work: “Outer Soul”...