Glass Findings: Wraping Up
I’m wrapping up here at the Corning Museum of Glass conference on Nature in Glass. It’s been an amazing four days. I’ve learned so much about glass (Tiffany lampshades, contemporary artists, lectures on landscape in glass, the history of tabletop decoration) and have been inspired for my apartment and for all sorts of projects. My head is spinning but I’m brimming with inspiration.
I’ve gone to a few conferences for work, but going to a conference for something I’m passionate about (design, decorative arts) is an entirely different experience. For anyone reading who is passionate about something and sort of in their own world, I can’t recommend enough finding a conference on something related. You’ll met people who care about similar things and end up with amazing leads and inspiratoin.
I spent this afternoon in the library where I started research on the topic of still life painting and Beth Lipman for my final paper (I’m attending the conference as a requirement for a class I’m taking in my Master’s Program at the CooperHewitt Design Museum in the history of glass). I’m sure you’ll here more later on that!
As promised, here are some more of Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka sea creatures, which are make of flamed worked glass (painted and glued as well). The models were used as teaching models in university science classes to show invertebrates that were very difficult to preserve (the alcohol the animals were preserved in would eventually leech all the color from the animal flesh).
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October 15th, 2007 09:52
Wow, they look so real. Thank you for sharing. That’s great to feel so enthusiastic about something!
November 2nd, 2007 17:42
I saw the touring exhibition this year - it is truely fantastic - so I love your pictures.
http://spagats.blogspot.com/2007/01/glass-aquarium.html