[meteorite-list] Meteorite Sculpture Will Be International Space Station First Artwork

[Galactic Stone & Ironworks]

Hi Daniel and List,

I am not an artist, but I am certainly an art critic.  I was wondering
the exact same thing.  I do not pretend to understand everyone's
definition of art, but this seems redundant.  By melting down the
meteorite, the meteoritic nature is lost - if etched, the iron will
not show a widmanstatten pattern.  It may as well be a lump of slag.

Personally, I would embed a thin slice of pallasite into one of the
"porthole" windows of the space station, so that the sun's light
reflected off the Earth would illuminate the slice, bathing the
interior of the station in pallasitic light glory.  But, that's
probably not very feasible and one of the reasons I should never be in
charge of anything.  LOL.

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 7/30/14, Daniel Noyes via Meteorite-list
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm an artist myself, but I'm wondering what exactly is the point of
> melting down part of a meteorite and then recasting it as an exact copy
> of itself, indistinguishable from the original. The original meteorite
> is already a cosmic work of art, a rock transformed when it journeyed
> through space and then sculpted by the Earth's atmosphere and
> terrestrial impact. Part of the real meteorite would make a fine art
> installation on the ISS. It might be more original and interesting to
> transform a piece of a meteorite into another art form/shape rather than
> a just duplicate.
>
> Best regards,
> Daniel
>
> Daniel Noyes
> Genuine Moon & Mars Meteorite Rocks
> info at moonmarsrocks.com
> www.moonmarsrocks.com
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>
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 16:06:24 -0700
> From: lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu
> To: "Art Jones" <art.jones at iscs.com>
> Cc: "meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com"
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Sculpture Will Be
> International Space Station?s First Artwork
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> Hi Art:
>
> But not the first meteorite to be brought back to space from the Earth.
> If
> I remember correctly, about 20 years ago (do not remember which mission)
> Tom Jones brought a meteorite (do not remember what it was) up in the
> Shuttle. It may have been the same flight that he brought a Zuni Fetish
> up
> (and back).
>
> Larry
>
>> Interesting idea and article:
>> http://news.artnet.com/art-world/meteorite-sculpture-will-be-international-space-stations-first-artwork-67923
>>
>> -Art
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