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“An artist’s conception of the 1993 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing mission shows an astronaut positioned to the left of the telescope preparing to install the Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR). The optics were designed and built at Ball Aerospace and Communications Group, in Boulder, Colo., to significantly correct the spherical aberration in Hubble’s primary mirror.
The servicing mission is scheduled for launch aboard Endeavor in December. The artwork shown was created by Ball artist, Scott Kahler.”
Exquisite. Note the reflection of ‘ the cosmos’ on the closed aperture door of the engineering marvel…very nice touch.
Maybe because the stakes were so high, and Ball Corporation’s role in correcting the massive goof was critical, the company obviously went to great lengths to promote such, to include gorgeously illustrating what they were going to accomplish, accompanied by concise, intelligent & well-articulated descriptions. Mr. Kahler is obviously world class talent, and the caption writers seemed to actually comprehend what they were writing about. Unlike some other org…ah…uh...never mind. It is what it is. 😕
ALTHOUGH, they did misspell Endeavour. Oops! 😕
The jaw-dropping image was featured on the cover of the November 1993 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine - seen in the third image - suspended in zero-g near Astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman during the STS-61 mission. And, apparently, it was also featured on at least one t-shirt: 😉👍
Credit: “ART & ILLUSTRATION BY SCOTT KAHLER” website
The flown magazine cover:
www.icollector.com/Jeff-Hoffman-s-STS-61-Flown-Sky-and-Te...
Credit: iCollector.com Online Auctions website
Jeffrey A. Hoffman, the real deal:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_A._Hoffman
Credit: Wikipedia
www.nasa.gov/content/jeff-hoffman
Last, but NOT least:
aeroastro.mit.edu/faculty-research/faculty-list/jeffrey-h...
Credit: Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics website
“In this rendering by Ball Aerospace and Communications Group artist Scott Kahler, astronauts are positioning the Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) into place during the first Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing mission scheduled for late 1993. The COSTAR instrument is designed to significantly restore the HST to its original imaging capabilities. This space-age call will take place 360 miles above Earth. Ball Aerospace, located in Boulder, Colo., built COSTAR for NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.”
Above is the official Ball Aerospace photo caption. Below is the per the 24 November 1993 press slug affixed to the verso, likely from “THE DAILY TELEGRAPH”, newspaper, United Kingdom.
“Astronomers have been gravely disappointed in the Hubble space telescope. They could not focus the instrument – which meant unsatisfactory pictures. The problem was traced mainly to spherical aberration and temperature changes that made the whole spacecraft shake. Nevertheless, the telescope has made some important discoveries. The above impression shows astronauts positioning the Costar instrument that should restore Hubble’s full capabilities next week.”
~8.25” x 12”. Likely a 1993 reprint in anticipation of Servicing Mission 1. In fact, the outline of the original photograph is discernible. Despite the lack of watermark on the verso, the image is on a thick, high-gloss photo paper.
If the photo numbering nomenclature of the affixed Ball Aerospace caption is similar to that of NASA photos, in that the year is readily identifiable, the caption is from 1990, as I assume the original photo to be, the year the corrective action/acronym was conceived/coined.
Upon first glance, maybe second…heck, even third, it looks like a photograph. That is incredible!
A credit to Mr. Kahler...some serious talent going on there...attention to detail, and indeed, ‘world class’: 😉
Credit: “ART & ILLUSTRATION BY SCOTT KAHLER” website
John Horn's Life Drawing Class, PAFA. For the first part of this pose, the room lights were off and we drew from the natural light.
Exhibition Review - Gary Simmons:'Post No Bills' Simon Lee Gallery, London till 20th Feb 2016.
With Gary, I rub the hardness in history books into the tatter of all yesterdays.- Drenched Co.
Comment: "What connects the present to the past? For Gary, the answer lies in a ghosting of sorts - a presence that marks the now, one that is there but not always visible, fraying at the edges but tenaciously present, leaving a fragmented trail of deep set prejudices. In this show Gary wants you to experience this ephemeral ghosting of place, people and objects in and around the exhibits that seems to have traveled from various performance venues. He wants you to live these erstwhile performances and spaces through the clues he leaves for you. And here, the frayed edges of his posters and sculptures might even converse with you in tones of politics and race. I loved his chalkboard paintings best..."- FaSa
See www.simonleegallery.com/exhibitions/gary_simmons_2016_01-1
See also www.woundsthatbind.com/2016/01/exhibition-review-gary-sim...
See also www.soaked.space/2016/01/exhibition-review-gary-simmonspo...
Caption: Image above: Installation view Gary Simmons Simon Lee Gallery, London 2016 Photo: Peter Mallet
Image courtesy of the artist and Simon Lee Gallery, London.
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and I did it wrong.
The original assignment was to take an 18" X 18" square of paper and divide it into 20 even squares. We then had to draw a organic shape that went over all 20 squares and divided all of them around in half. Each square had to have its own medium, and in each square, two distinct patterns must be shown.
We had a syllabus giving instructions and showing the 20-piece square with every required medium in each square. Those mediums were shown in a particular order. I didn't follow the pattern suggested in our instructions, as I thought it was more of a guideline of what should be in the picture. As a result, my teacher said I'd done it wrong and gave me an incomplete.
Later on I talked to her, and she suggested that in order to fix my massive mistake I should save whatever original squares I could, glue them onto a new sheet, and create a new organic pattern and redo whatever squares I had to.
It's not unusual for art instructors to be a bit vague with their directions. It's rather unusual for an art teacher with vague directions to be very picky about the outcome of an assignment. From what I've heard, many a time students possessing great artistic skill and a knack for rule-breaking here and there have been thrwarted by this teacher's kinda ridiculous expectations.
I ended up with a B- in total for that class, as I decided to put less and less effort in my work. That particular teacher had also been rumored to base a grade on how much she likes the student. Oh well, I didn't like her much anyway...
This is the assignment pre-butchered. It was the last assignment I put a real constant effort into, and I hated to watch it die without a memory.
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One of the top 10 most visited attractions in Alaska, the Anchorage Museum is a world-class art, history, ethnography, ecology and science museum.It is dedicated to studying and exploring the land, peoples, art and history of Alaska.The state's largest museum includes the Alaska History Gallery, Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center, science exhibits, shop and full-service restaurant.