Psyche's Touch is a small plaster asteroid fits in your hand. Raised ripples radiate out like waves in water from the hand print underneath. This sculpture captures a moment of touch echoing outward, like a quiet ripple through space.
Psyche's Touch is a small plaster asteroid fits in your hand. Raised ripples radiate out like waves in water from the hand print underneath. This sculpture captures a moment of touch echoing outward, like a quiet ripple through space.
Psyche's Touch is a small plaster asteroid fits in your hand. Raised ripples radiate out like waves in water from the hand print underneath. This sculpture captures a moment of touch echoing outward, like a quiet ripple through space.
Psyche's Touch is a small plaster asteroid fits in your hand. Raised ripples radiate out like waves in water from the hand print underneath. This sculpture captures a moment of touch echoing outward, like a quiet ripple through space.
Psyche's Touch is a small plaster asteroid fits in your hand. Raised ripples radiate out like waves in water from the hand print underneath. This sculpture captures a moment of touch echoing outward, like a quiet ripple through space.
Psyche's Touch is a small plaster asteroid fits in your hand. Raised ripples radiate out like waves in water from the hand print underneath. This sculpture captures a moment of touch echoing outward, like a quiet ripple through space.

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Psyche’s Touch

Madelaine T. Vu

April 17th, 2025

Major: Neuroscience and Psychology

Genre/Medium: Collage

About the work:

Psyche’s Touch was inspired by the spirit of human exploration within the Psyche mission. I wanted to capture something beyond the study of a planetary core, but our innate desire to reach outward, to discover, to connect, and to be a part of something greater.

The piece began as a 3D printed model of the Psyche asteroid, which I modified using clay to create rippling waves that radiate from a handprint on the underside. These waves echo the idea that even a single touch can send energy outward, like curiosity or inspiration spreading through space and time.

I designed this piece to be held. It nestles into the palm, inviting quiet reflection and tactile connection. My hope is that when someone holds it, they feel a link not only to the asteroid and its mysteries but also to the mission, its people, and its soul.

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Date Added: 04-17-2025
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Madelaine Vu - Psyche Inspired

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