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March 28, 2016 7:55 AM Subscribe
When Neile Cooper could no longer make a living selling her stained glass windows, she decided to make a cabin entirely out of windows to showcase her work.
That's a lovely space.
But I have this thing with broken glass and it seems like one wrong step by human or deer could be very, very dangerous. I'm guessing that glass isn't tempered and it goes all the way to the ground. It would keep me up at night.
And don't even tell me what happens if it settles.
I need to go lay down.
posted by Jacks Dented Yugo at 8:16 AM on March 28, 2016 [1 favorite]
But I have this thing with broken glass and it seems like one wrong step by human or deer could be very, very dangerous. I'm guessing that glass isn't tempered and it goes all the way to the ground. It would keep me up at night.
And don't even tell me what happens if it settles.
I need to go lay down.
posted by Jacks Dented Yugo at 8:16 AM on March 28, 2016 [1 favorite]
It isn't tempered, but it's much stronger than you'd think. I wouldn't be worried about deer, I would be worried about the weight of snow and the risk of branches falling. (She has said she is putting something over the roof to prevent that.)
posted by jeather at 8:24 AM on March 28, 2016
posted by jeather at 8:24 AM on March 28, 2016
I had a deer run into one of my outbuildings once and... Well, suffice it to say I'm worried about the cabin.
Just never update me on this, Metafilter. I'm just going to keep this snapshot and as long as I never know otherwise, it will always look like that.
posted by Jacks Dented Yugo at 8:32 AM on March 28, 2016
Just never update me on this, Metafilter. I'm just going to keep this snapshot and as long as I never know otherwise, it will always look like that.
posted by Jacks Dented Yugo at 8:32 AM on March 28, 2016
Lovely. I'm contemplating a dandelion-based tattoo design, and I love the way she did the seed-ball stage.
posted by Rock Steady at 8:44 AM on March 28, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Rock Steady at 8:44 AM on March 28, 2016 [1 favorite]
That's one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.
The way she uses the 'truth' of the plants/fungi/animals (for want of a better term) combined with the flow of colours in the glass really appeals to me. I'm a huge fan of field guides (generally literal representations of organisms, amazing art in their own way) and sometimes I think artists in more fine arts don't get the 'truth' of an organism in a way that appeals to me as a biologist/ecologist. Which, I'm not all audiences so I don't expect it. But every once in a while, I find an artist who goes gets it and I'm totally swooning.
posted by hydrobatidae at 8:49 AM on March 28, 2016 [5 favorites]
The way she uses the 'truth' of the plants/fungi/animals (for want of a better term) combined with the flow of colours in the glass really appeals to me. I'm a huge fan of field guides (generally literal representations of organisms, amazing art in their own way) and sometimes I think artists in more fine arts don't get the 'truth' of an organism in a way that appeals to me as a biologist/ecologist. Which, I'm not all audiences so I don't expect it. But every once in a while, I find an artist who goes gets it and I'm totally swooning.
posted by hydrobatidae at 8:49 AM on March 28, 2016 [5 favorites]
I like the view from inside, but from the outside it's kind of incoherent, especially the different framing colors.
posted by tavella at 9:15 AM on March 28, 2016
posted by tavella at 9:15 AM on March 28, 2016
I first saw this on Tumblr, and it's great work, but: artists on Tumblr, please, please make it easy to find your business contact details, your sales site, and your pricing. 4000 reblogs on that latest post at the Glass Cabin and I had to dig around and dig around until I found the Etsy site, which is just selling butterfly jewelry. Cooper isn't the only artist on Tumblr who just makes it super-easy to reblog art with minimal credit and gives viewers almost no way to buy it.
posted by Electric Elf at 9:19 AM on March 28, 2016 [5 favorites]
posted by Electric Elf at 9:19 AM on March 28, 2016 [5 favorites]
Too bad that orbital laser-death satellites aren't a thing, because I would like to set up one that would vaporize any rock-throwing motherfucker that came within 100 yards of the place.
posted by Halloween Jack at 10:14 AM on March 28, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Halloween Jack at 10:14 AM on March 28, 2016 [1 favorite]
It's beautiful, but it would be so cold in the winter.
posted by InfidelZombie at 10:38 AM on March 28, 2016
posted by InfidelZombie at 10:38 AM on March 28, 2016
first saw this on Tumblr, and it's great work, but: artists on Tumblr, please, please make it easy to find your business contact details, your sales site, and your pricing.
Oh god yes, this. I had a girl sell me some amazing salsa at a street fair a while back, and she gave out an informational card with the jar but the jar itself lacked a company name, contact info, or website name on the label. Lots of us are going to lose that card and have no way of ordering any more of your salsa, kid!
I hope enough people are persistent that this artist gets some business, but seriously; contact info. CONTACT INFO.
posted by emjaybee at 11:13 AM on March 28, 2016 [1 favorite]
Oh god yes, this. I had a girl sell me some amazing salsa at a street fair a while back, and she gave out an informational card with the jar but the jar itself lacked a company name, contact info, or website name on the label. Lots of us are going to lose that card and have no way of ordering any more of your salsa, kid!
I hope enough people are persistent that this artist gets some business, but seriously; contact info. CONTACT INFO.
posted by emjaybee at 11:13 AM on March 28, 2016 [1 favorite]
People who live in glass houses...
...should use other people's bathrooms.
posted by Nanukthedog at 11:46 AM on March 28, 2016 [2 favorites]
...should use other people's bathrooms.
posted by Nanukthedog at 11:46 AM on March 28, 2016 [2 favorites]
I kind of want to break out my glass making supplies and do this in my back yard.
posted by jferg at 1:30 PM on March 28, 2016
posted by jferg at 1:30 PM on March 28, 2016
The antler window is absolutely incredible.
I just want ONE stained glass window! Any one of these will do.
posted by BlueHorse at 7:26 PM on March 28, 2016
I just want ONE stained glass window! Any one of these will do.
posted by BlueHorse at 7:26 PM on March 28, 2016
Obligatory link to Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, which is one of the most amazing things I have ever experienced firsthand in my entire life!
posted by newdaddy at 8:39 PM on March 28, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by newdaddy at 8:39 PM on March 28, 2016 [3 favorites]
This is in incredibly gorgeous (totally impractical, yes, that too) and it makes my heart happy to see it. Creation for its own sake. I love it!
posted by WalkerWestridge at 8:43 PM on March 28, 2016
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