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Psyche Stamped
DANIELLE GU
April 25th, 2024
Major: Business and Art History
Genre/Medium: Rubber, archival ink, paper, fabric
About the work: This work envisions a line of Psyche mission branded merch, from T-shirts to postcards. The print is made up of 8 separate stamps carved from rubber that are each printed one at a time. The top of the stamp reads “PSYCHE” and the bottom line of numbers refer to the date on which the Psyche spacecraft launched! The upper middle section of the stamp depicts the Psyche logo, and it draws inspiration from the previous drafts of the Psyche badge logo. Unlike the current version of the logo, the stamp does not feature different shades of colors with lines of separation in between. The bottom middle section draws from one of the other original concepts for the logo, namely the Widmanstätten pattern. The lines within the half moon shape are meant to resemble the cross section of some iron meteorites. Altogether, each part of the stamp aims to show the progression of the mission over time, from conception to launch.
Psyche Inspired Overview
Psyche Inspired is a program that brings undergraduate students from any discipline or major together to share the excitement, innovation, and scientific and engineering content of NASA’s Psyche mission with the public in new ways through artistic and creative works. These works are posted in the gallery above and highlighted on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. View the full resolution images in the image gallery. This year’s Psyche Inspired cohort is known as the Tungsten Class.
Psyche Inspired was piloted at ASU during the 2017-2018 academic year. The following academic year, Psyche Inspired expanded nationally! The works from each Psyche Inspired cohort are collected in individual downloadable books that tell the story of Psyche through musical scores, sculptures, painting, 3-D models, photography, acrylic art, needlepoint, stop-motion films, mixed media, and more.
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