Polystyrene Mobiles

Building on the developments of Alexander Calder and later artists, these young artists created their own mobiles. As they worked, they drew inspiration from nature while making their hanging mobiles from used polystyrene meat trays. Instead of disposing of the meat trays in the trash, these artists cut and carved the meat trays in order to turn them into works of art. The polystyrene, as a light material, is ideal for a mobile - it is easily moved by air currents. Although the photographs do not capture the mobiles' movements, they do give you a fair impression of the artists' sense of design and of their technical skills with the polystyrene and an X-Acto knife. These artists added color to their forms with acrylic paint.

Nathan Hrabe. 2021.

Lauryn Gaddis. 2021.

Gracie Enochs. 2021.

Alia Allen. 2021.

Alex Schmidt. 2021.

Jayme Baumann. 2021.

Katie Christner. 2021.

Haley Feldmann. 2021.

Casey Heron. 2021.

Sierra Lanning. 2021.

Gracie Parson. 2021.

JJ Quimpo-Duque. 2021.

Adalia Rego. 2021.

Kumar Singh. 2021.

Mikayla Skidmore. 2021.

Dylan Bray. 2021.

Ferrin McCoy. 2021.

Adrian Hawkins. 2021.

Maile Hrabe. 2021.

Zach Pexton. 2021.

Baylee Archer. 2021.

Linsey Campbell. 2021.

Ean Doane. 2021.

Abby Fagan. 2021.

Danica Favinger. 2021.

Lane Gitchel. 2021.

Paul Hughes. 2021.

Sierra Kingsbury. 2021.

Wyatt Overmiller. 2021.

Isaac Vonfrieling. 2021.

Below is a video showing you what the installation looked like as you walked into the space and saw the mobiles suspended from the ceiling. The full installation was on view on May 13 and May 14, 2021. The majority of the mobiles continued to be on display until May 21, 2021.

Polystyrene Mobile Installation. May 13-14, 2021.