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strandline rated 4 days ago- 19th century glass model of a squid. Unbelievable work.
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- Sea creatures of the deep The Blaschka Glass Models During the late 19th century, Leopola Blaschka (1822-1895) and his son Rudolf (1857-1929) produced beautifully detailed glass models of bizarre sea creatures for natural history museums and aquaria all over the world. Their work has been hailed as: "an artistic marvel in the field of science and a scientific marvel in the field of art." Today, the Blaschkas seem remarkably contemporary: working as they did on the cusp of design, craft, art and industry. ~ from the page An intricate model of a Portuguese Man-of-War (Physalia arethusa) There are about two hundred tentacles made of thin coloured glass, supported and attached by fine copper wires. Life sized 'Sea Wasp' jellyfish (Charybdea periphyllum) A 'sea gooseberry' or 'comb jellyfish' (Pleurobranchia rhododactyla)
- Roses on a brier,
Pearls from out the bitter sea,
Such is earth's desire
However pure it be.
Neither bud nor brier,
Neither pearl nor brine for me:
Be stilled my long desire;
There shall be no more sea.
Be stilled my passionate heart;
Old earth shall end, new earth shall be:
Be still and earn thy part
Where shall be no more sea.
~ Christina Rossetti ~ here
- Sea creatures of the deep The Blaschka Glass Models During the late 19th century, Leopola Blaschka (1822-1895) and his son Rudolf (1857-1929) produced beautifully detailed glass models of bizarre sea creatures for natural history museums and aquaria all over the world. Their work has been hailed as: "an artistic marvel in the field of science and a scientific marvel in the field of art." Today, the Blaschkas seem remarkably contemporary: working as they did on the cusp of design, craft, art and industry. ~ from the page An intricate model of a Portuguese Man-of-War (Physalia arethusa) There are about two hundred tentacles made of thin coloured glass, supported and attached by fine copper wires. Life sized 'Sea Wasp' jellyfish (Charybdea periphyllum) A 'sea gooseberry' or 'comb jellyfish' (Pleurobranchia rhododactyla)
