Monday, October 15, 2007

Botanical wonders


Scientific marvels; drop-dead beautiful works of art; a genus onto themselves: these are just a few of the explanations given to describe the allure of a legendary, century-old bevy of exquisite glass blossoms and fruits.

In “Botanical Wonders: The Story of the Harvard Glass Flowers,” The Corning Museum of Glass brings to bear its unique curatorial, conservation, and glassmaking capabilities to illuminate more fully than ever before the story of the delicate glass replicas of botanical specimens known as the Glass Flowers of Harvard.

The Corning Museum of Glass

1 comment:

Pris said...

Beautiful!! I have a friend who does glass work and he's given me some wonderful pieces. Isn't it nice to have a place to post this type of thing..something that would rarely be read on myspace.