Title: Stellarator
Category: Kinetic Sculpture
Medium: Aluminum, Solar Modules, Motor
Dimensions: 16' H x 10' Diameter
Work Date: 2006, Quark Park, Princeton, NJ

Stellarator was a creative collaboration between kinetic sculptor Rein and
Dr. Rob Goldston, Director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory at Princeton University. The 16' structure represents Stellarator — a mechanism used to confine hot plasma with magnetic fields in order to sustain a controlled nuclear fusion reaction. The pink shape represents the plasma. The juniper tree represents the helix, the center magnetic coil of a stellarator. The tree is inverted, spiraling, live and fully irrigated. Lastly, the structure represents the housing of the stellarator.

Top photo by Cie Stroud