Caroline Bowen

Something many people have never thought to think about, but seems obvious once pointed out, is that constellations aren't flat. The shapes we see here on earth are a product of our perspective of wholly unrelated stars, spread out over hundreds of light-years in three dimensions. This piece depicts the stars of Orion in 3D using different sizes of Swarovski pearls, dyed with alcohol ink and dip coated in custom-made nail polishes to represent each star's individual color temperature, that are held in position with fishing line anchored to a 3D printed frame. When viewed from the front, the star beads form a familiar shape, but they devolve into a seemingly random configuration as the viewer looks at the cube from different angles.