Gallery Type: Artwork from Psyche Inspired

This painting shows the Psyche asteroid in dark greys and other metallic colors, surrounded by swirling streams of purples, pinks, oranges and yellows, with the Psyche spacecraft approaching.

January 14, 2018

Surreal Psyche

Sofia Garcia Date: December 14, 2017 Major: painting Genre/Medium: painting About the work: This work is inspired by the colors of the Psyche mission badge and the overall journey of the Psyche...
This work is in the format of a movie poster, with the title: Coming in 2022: Psyche Mission. There is a large question mark made of flames above the artist's conception of the asteroid, which forms the base of the question mark.

January 14, 2018

Coming in 2022: Psyche Mission

Anne Norenberg Date: December 21, 2017 Major: digital culture (design) Genre/Medium: illustration in Photoshop About the work: For this project I created a Psyche Mission movie poster to highlight...
This series of four images shows the making of the papier mache model of the Psyche asteroid, from generic, lumpy shape to finished, detailed asteroid model.

December 3, 2017

Papier Mache Psyche

Chris Vasquez and Kari Sanford Date: October 30, 2017 Major: drawing (Chris); engineering management (Kari) Genre/Medium: wire, foam, paper About the work: For this project we made a replica...
This image shows a circular ceramic platter. The center is grey with swirls and bubbles. The rim is black with three lines in colors of yellows, oranges, and purples.

December 2, 2017

Psyche in Orbit

John Domenico Date: October 27, 2017 Major: ceramics/materials science (double major) Genre/Medium: stoneware, iron thermite glaze About the work: As a double major in Materials Science &...
This painting on glass uses metallic colors of silvers, whites, grays, and rusts in abstract orb shapes.

December 2, 2017

Mixed Metallic

Abigail Weibel Date: November 19, 2017 Major: geology Genre/Medium: acrylic paint on glass, 13.5″ x 17″ About the work: This painting was inspired by the color palettes of the current...
This image shows elements of the Psyche spacecraft compared against everyday items.

December 2, 2017

How Big Will The Psyche Spacecraft Be?

Morgan Baerwaldt Date: October 27, 2017 Major: electrical engineering Genre/Medium: felt-tip ink pens and watercolor on cold press watercolor paper About the work: I figured that a visual comparison...
This 8 panel pop-art poster shows a stylized drawing of the Psyche spacecraft in the colors of the Psyche badge (purples, pinks, and oranges).

December 2, 2017

Psyche Pop

Morgan Baerwaldt Date: November 21, 2017 Major: electrical engineering Genre/Medium: digital drawing About the work: I created an 8-panel Warhol/pop art-inspired drawing of Psyche in orbit. The...
This greyscale line drawing shows the Psyche asteroid in the center with diagrams of the various parts of the spacecraft floating in orbit around it.

December 2, 2017

The Heart of Psyche

Chris Vasquez Date: November 29, 2017 Major: drawing Genre/Medium: illustration in Photoshop About the work: For this project I created an illustration depicting both Psyche the asteroid and...
This work shows 16 black-and-white pixelated images overlaid with a poem made from words cut from newspapers.

December 2, 2017

(16) Psyche

Megan Bromley Date: November 4, 2017 Major: biogeoscience/English (double major) Genre/Medium: ink-printed paper, cellophane tape About the work: This work underscores the mysterious nature of...
This four-panel watercolor shows the imagined launch of the Psyche spacecraft, with a large group of young children and adults watching the launch with excitement.

December 2, 2017

Launch Day

Jeremy Seidner Date: November 7, 2017 Major: computer science Genre/Medium: watercolor pencils on cold-pressed watercolor paper About the work: This piece aims to convey the excitement of the...
Two posters made from brightly-colored transparent acrylic cut and fit together; one shows the Psyche spacecraft, the other the asteroid. A colorful image is cast behind each poster when lit from one side.

December 2, 2017

Psyche Acrylic Pop Art Posters

Caralie Cedarleaf Date: November 12, 2017 Major: sculpture Genre/Medium: transparent acrylic About the work: The Psyche Mission is possible today because of NASA’s work in the late 50’s...
There are two white pieces made of layers of paper with different cut-outs, separated and framed by foam core. Each is lit from behind: One represents the asteroid's discovery in 1852 and one represents the mission's arrival at the asteroid in 2026.

December 2, 2017

Psyche: Then and Now

Nikka Bacalzo Date: November 14, 2017 Major: Graphic Design Genre/Medium: white cardstock paper, foam core About the work: These two pieces that I cut with an X-Acto blade show the “then”...