top of page
The Spin
About Dust #12
Dust, centrifugal force, light, glass
W22cm×D11.5cm ×H3cm
2023
Photo credit: Yang Wei Han
The formation of galaxies is mostly a result of the centrifugal force of the spinning gas and dust cloud, which resembles a certain glassmaking process.
As another experiment in the evolving body of work About Dust, a gather of dust was centrifugally spun into a galaxy contained within clear glass.
* Glassblowing assistant: Dongheng Yang, Lingyi Hu.
bottom of page