

A gathering of flexible rods affixed with delicate tendril lights tops the art piece. “So I wanted to create a piece that would offer people a quiet place away from the heart of the event that would also invite them to look up at the night sky.” Stardust is lit from within by multiple colored lights, and centered on a metallic tube, decorated with cut-outs of moons, stars and comets.

“I’m a more introverted person by nature, and though I love all the art at Burning Man, I don’t love the parties,” she says. And so, combining her newly acquired construction skills with her “artsy fartsy” inclinations, Tashner concepted Stardust, a graceful nine-foot diameter bench resembling the popular idea of a flying saucer spaceship.
