January 20, 2009

Glass models of tiny aquatic creatures made in the late 19th century, discovered gathering dust in a drawer in a Wisconsin museum. More here and here.
posted by Pallas Athena 15 years ago
  • Lovely, lovely, lovely, Pallas! Imagine paying $.50 for something so intricate and beautiful! I knew I had heard that name before... Beautiful glass flowers more info I'm in awe of the talent!
  • Incredible!
  • Working from illustrations or live or preserved specimens, the Blaschka craftsmen meticulously reproduced the spikes, polyps, and suckers of their aquatic subjects.
    If they were around now they could do glass punk rockers. Or you other spikes, polyps, and suckers.
  • MonkeyFilter: spikes, polyps, and suckers
  • As they say in Japan, there's a sucker porn every minute...
  • honestly, why do my old drawers never contain anything so facinating?
  • Muteboy, they just don't, ok? Now stop trying to sell them in Japanese vending machines.