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 i...@moonmarsrocks.com www.moonmarsrocks.com Message: 5 Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 16:06:24 -0700 From: lebof...@lpl.arizona.edu To: "Art Jones" <art.jo...@iscs.com> Cc: "meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com" <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Sculpture Will Be International Space Station?s First Artwork Message-ID: <72ac215aa20e7eb76cc029090b9a34b2.squir...@webmail.lpl.arizona.edu> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 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 > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ------------------------------ ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list