Constructed

Year: 2020-2021
Artist: Lydia Pitts
University: Bowdoin College
Major: Computer Science
Title: Constructed
Tags: Asteroid
Genre/Medium: Plexiglass
Category: physical 2D
Current Location: SDH
Description: A child’s mobile is the one thing they look to when falling off to sleep. It sparks creativity and imagination. Science needs that kind of creativity. Without creativity, we would get nowhere. As long as we have imagination, almost anything is possible. That’s what inspired me to create this. I tried to use as much metal as possible, using wires to represent the metallic elements of the Psyche asteroid. The spacecraft and Psyche asteroid figure are made from clay and some metal pieces I already had in my craft bin. Even though the idea started as a child’s mobile, it makes a very pretty hanging piece for any room. The two crystals hanging with them are sun catchers, so when in direct sunlight, they shimmer and reflect light all around the room in beautiful rainbow arrays.
Artwork Link: https://psyche.asu.edu/gallery/constructed/