The Corning Museum of Glass — just an hour down the road from here — will be serving up an exhibition May 18 to November 25, Botanical Wonders: The Story of the Harvard Glass Flowers.
The exhibition celebrates the singular triumph of glassmakers Leopold Blaschka (1822-1895) and his son Rudolf (1857-1939); provides insight into the intellectual appetite of the late Victorians, through the lens of botany as an academic discipline and craze; and offers close-ups of the people and the craft process behind the Glass Flowers.
Judging from the photos, they’re really spectacular. The exhibit site includes sketches and details about how the glass flowers were made.
Maybe Julie and the Austin crew should start planning a road trip to escape the dog days.
More on the glass flowers at the Journal of Antiques and Collectibles.
Dear Craig,
That sounds a lot like an invitation to me.
Great! We’ll all show up Sept 1, when your garden is at its lushest and ours have long fried, and make the trip to Cambridge.
(Can we bring the dogs, too?)
Julie