Cutting-Edge Engineering Portrayed With Ancient Tools
November 29, 2021
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is now being fueled for launch, set for December 22. Once in orbit, it will study objects out to the edge of the visible universe. In Issues, the artist Timothy Makepeace presents a series of drawings he hopes will “convey some of the awe evoked by this engineering marvel.” They are rendered largely in charcoal, an ancient tool for drawing. “I’m using it to describe a tool for science that will be shot a million miles into space to help unlock some of the mysteries of our galaxy and the universe,” he writes. “It’s an interesting juxtaposition.”