Gallery Type: Artwork from Psyche Inspired

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”...
A sculpture of the Psyche asteroid hangs on a wall blue wall. The sculpture is made out of wood and black circular nail caps, which form two large craters. The nail caps also form Psyche's ridges and shadows.

January 22, 2021

The Metal Asteroid

Mikayla Hymanson January 22, 2021 Major: Graphic Design Genre/Medium: nails, nail caps, plywood About the work: “The Metal Asteroid” is a sculpture of Psyche that is composed of...
An infographic with a dark background representing space. Stars and gradient colors represent nebulas. An illustrated Psyche spacecraft is on the left upper corner, with its fully equipped body (bus) on its right. The dimensions (height, width) of the spacecraft is shown. Below the spacecraft is an IKEA-manual like diagram about the components of the spacecraft (propulsion system, gamma ray & neuron spectrometer, X-band antenna, magnetometer, imagers). On the right of the infographic lies an illustrated asteroid, with two annotations about its chemical components (main chemical composition and surface elements composition).

January 20, 2021

Psyche Spacecraft & 16 Psyche Assembling Manual

Xiwen (Julie) Hu January 20, 2021 Major: Environmental Studies & Visual Arts Coordinate Major, Chemistry minor Genre/Medium: digital media and Adobe Photoshop CC About the work: For this...
Six gingerbread men and six rectangular butter cookies lay in a checkered pattern. Each gingerbread man is decorated with the name of a Psyche Mission member, and their respective butter cookie is decorated with watercolor symbols to represent a lesson learned from them. The pairs are ordered by row: 1 - Marisol Arenas, Lindsay McLaurin; 2 - Tom Prettyman, Kristina Larson; 3 - Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton, Ravi Prakash.

January 15, 2021

A Psyche’s Dozen

Cameryn Laborte JANUARY 15, 2021 Major: Mechanical Engineering Genre/Medium: gingerbread and butter cookies with icing, food coloring gels, and powders About the work: Inspired by the people...
White, orange, pink, and purple ceramic tiles arranged in the shape of the Psyche logo with white grout finish and silver spray-painted wooden "Psyche" letters.

January 13, 2021

Psyche Logo Mosaic

Mitchel Medvec January 13, 2021 Major: Astrophysics and Mechanical Engineering Genre/Medium: ceramic tile, wood, white grout, spray paint, and wooden letters About the work: The Psyche Logo Mosaic...