Animal, Vegetable? No, Mineral!
A macro shot of detail of a large fused glass dish by British Artist:
Linda Matti 1990. Sadly I don't think she's still working in glass.
These are layers of different coloured glass rods that she made, laid
them down, fused them together then slumped them over a mould to make
the final piece. With sunlight shining through them they look like
coral or a colony of some tubular sea creatures. I'll post a shot of
the complete dish later.See here.
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_namtaf_, Automania, Danny B!, 45street | www.victorpuig.com, and 100 other people added this photo to their favorites.
_namtaf_ (91 months ago)
stunning!
you always amaze me!
m0nni (91 months ago)
Beatiful shot of a beautiful work of art. Really love the way light shines through the glass. So soft and all.
timothysschenck (91 months ago)
wow...it looks so organic. nice shot.
Automania (91 months ago)
Coolio!
Pandiyan (91 months ago)
Oh, what a beauty expert hands can create.
Reciprocity (91 months ago)
Thanks everybody for your lovely comments. Most glass really comes to life when you illuminate it. You generally get completely different effects whether it is lit by transmitted or reflected light. This is best in transmitted light.
Danny B! (91 months ago)
Wonderful!
Boggy (91 months ago)
Another great photo
Semmi (91 months ago)
Pretty!
how about the name (with a little reminiscence) Tubular Bells? ;)
I took a pic of special lamp in Búzios made of glasses - will post it when I get to that day. Promise!
Could you kindly invite me to the Modern Art Group? tnx
45street | www.victorpuig.com (91 months ago)
Great effect. Perfect title. Beautiful picture. Brilliant composition.
Reciprocity (91 months ago)
2 b danny
Boggy
Semmeln
45street
Thank you all so much for your kind comments.
>Semmeln; like tubular bells this glass, as with all good crystal glass, rings out when tapped. Living in Prague you are surrounded by beautiful glass and the sound of bells. Your invitation has been sent.
HannyB (91 months ago)
sea creatures indeed!
I've never seen this technique before....
again the lighting is beautiful.
Reciprocity (91 months ago)
Thanks HannyB, I'll put a shot of the complete dish up soon. The 'cane' technique is very prominent in the Venetian glass of Murano. Small pieces of cane or rod are also used to make the 'millefiore' pattern in glass paperweights.In this dish long individual lengths have been made and then fused together.
*k59 (91 months ago)
Stunning image, a real beauty
GliderKing (91 months ago)
amazing, and more importantly, great capture on your part. well done.
iDanSimpson (91 months ago)
that's just flat out excellent. really nice work here. (1-2-3)
GoodMolecules (91 months ago)
This is a beautiful shot!! and amazing glass work. When I saw this as a thumbnail my first thought was of a very large number of sperm making their way to the promised land. hmm... I must have reproduction on my mind...
Ana Valéria (91 months ago)
Great work!
Reciprocity (91 months ago)
Bryonia
GliderKing
iDanSimpson
GoodMolecules
Ana Valeria
Thank you all for your comments.
Having something beautiful and high quality to photograph in the first place makes things a lot easier.
> GoodMolecules: Having a fertile imagination is not a bad thing.
Creativity+ Timothy K Hamilton (91 months ago)
I invite you to add this to the "Muted Color" group!
Congratulations! This photo has been
blogged by Creativity+ blog
Lord V (91 months ago)
Beautifully captured.
Brian V.
m1-2-3.
bitrot (91 months ago)
Beautiful. To my uncultured eye, it will always be "the macaroni one". :-)
Reciprocity (91 months ago)
creativity+
Lord V
bitrot
Thank you very much. And thank you all for helping this to make "interestingness".
>creativity: Thanks for blogging it and your invitation - will do.
>bitrot: it might look like macaroni to you, but book a dentist appointment before you test your theory. ;-)
Kelsana (91 months ago)
There is not a day that I come to your stream that I am not amazed at what I see. Incredible!
Reciprocity (91 months ago)
Thanks for calling kelsana, your comments are always so encouraging.
Pandiyan (91 months ago)
Would you take a look at this, please.
48x48 (noémi) (91 months ago)
gorgeous! love the ambiguity
JoelDeluxe (91 months ago)
thanks for this. it is an amazing capture of art I will never see. excellent color and composition.
Claudio.Núñez (91 months ago)
Preciosa foto...
burwell (91 months ago)
I often wonder what is in the mind of an artist...how many times would they need to experiment before they could come up with that piece of extraordinary sculptured glass.
Breathtaking.
*Lorri* [deleted] (91 months ago)
Lovely capture of tones, light and flow, beautiful composition, very surreal and abstract.
cobalt123 (91 months ago)
I love the literal flow of this slow liquid glass art. Congratulations on a fine capture. Nice to see the description, details and all the comments here as well. Yeah!
Reciprocity (90 months ago)
Thank you all for your comments, very much appreciated.
jam343 (90 months ago)
Mineral??? unbelievable!!!
Reciprocity (90 months ago)
Yes jam343 glass is made from minerals.
ButcheredImages (90 months ago)
love this.....
Reciprocity (90 months ago)
Thank you ButcheredImages.
transairn [deleted] (90 months ago)
a-ma-zing! I linked here from the entire bowl...only to be shocked to see the beautiful macro shot. Well done!!!
Britta's world of photos (90 months ago)
This looks like some kind of strange species to be found very deep down under water. Fantastic macro!
Reciprocity (90 months ago)
Thank you poeloops and Britta for your kind comments.
thermophle (90 months ago)
They look like sea tubules (I'm not sure what they're called). Great image!
Reciprocity (90 months ago)
Thanks thermophle, I think so too. Tube worms. (I've just done a search ;-) )
singingpixel (90 months ago)
Your level of detail is pretty amazing.
Reciprocity (90 months ago)
Thanks singingpixel, glad you like it.
chfausto (90 months ago)
fantastic!
Reciprocity (90 months ago)
Thank you chfausto.
Brian Catacutan (90 months ago)
That is just outstanding!
Reciprocity (90 months ago)
Thank you very much Brian.
veloopity (90 months ago)
this is unbelievable
Reciprocity (90 months ago)
Thank you so much veloopity.