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glass art

dhruva — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:30:59 -0800

Andy Paiko's Glass Sculpture

By: hjo3

hjo3 — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:27:33 -0800

Finally, a way to display my coyote spines elegantly.

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:03:43 -0800

I keep my Crisco in one of these.

By: XMLicious

XMLicious — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:06:43 -0800

Cool stuff. The way it's photographed makes some of them, like this and this, remind me of what you'd see in an optical microscope, the way everything becomes transparent below a certain size. He ought to do macro-scale sculptures of radio larians ^.

By: CheeseburgerBrown

CheeseburgerBrown — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:07:44 -0800

I object to the poster's use of a fully transparent glass "y" in "Andy Paiko." It makes reading difficult from most angles.

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:43:23 -0800

"This device is displayed inside a very large gold and clear bell jar. It runs on ultraviolet light and is designed to make you ask questions. Yes, those are Tesla coils." I'm strapping my vinyl helmet on so Paiko can't read my thoughts with his glass machines. (Beautiful, fun stuff. Having pipedreams of being a glass sculptor. Thanks!)

By: billysumday

billysumday — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 05:07:12 -0800

I took a glass blowing class and find working with glass to be really interesting and fun. There is something - dare I be so earnest - mystical in it. But most glass art and glass sculpture is just ridiculously bad. Awful, awful, art. Look, a roundish object with colorful swirls in it!! This, however, is fantastic. Beautiful craftsmanship combined with interesting ideas. Nice link.

By: StickyCarpet

StickyCarpet — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 05:21:26 -0800

It so happens I am organizing my spine collection, so this is very useful.

By: mediareport

mediareport — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 05:53:02 -0800

*jaw drops* These are amazing. Great find, thanks, dhruva.

By: fatfrank

fatfrank — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:49:14 -0800

Sorry folks, but that's just nasty. Looks like the kind of thing my Gran would have loved...

By: owtytrof

owtytrof — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:43:46 -0800

The absinthe fountain isn't the most amazing piece on the site, but I think it's my favorite. The whole dark/gothy feeling with the skull seals it.

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:42:14 -0800

Oooh, apothecary jars are my passing fancy, but that Spinning wheel sent me straight into a swoon. How romantic! That goes in the bedroom, that one.

By: misha

misha — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:02:28 -0800

I agree with you, AV, there's something compelling about apothecary jars that makes you want to run out and buy them so you can put neat stuff in the them. Unfortunately, they cry out for cool stuff, like, say, a coyote spine, something much more interesting than what I have lying around in my house. But I love them, too. And that absinthe fountain is outrageously cool.

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:06:51 -0800

misha: here's my best effort!

By: pombe

pombe — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:21:55 -0800

I've seen his work at Paxton Gate in SF - it's very cool.

By: dirtynumbangelboy

dirtynumbangelboy — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:27:38 -0800

I have always been in love with glass art, but this is so far beyond... it's amazing. Great post. Thank you.

By: Dillonlikescookies

Dillonlikescookies — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:06:07 -0800

this guy is truly amazing. nice find!

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:30:31 -0800

wow.