Corning Museum of Glass
Titles appearing in Art Book News Annual — February 2008
Drawing upon nature; studies for the Blaschkas' glass models.
Ed. by Susan M. Rossi-Wilcox and David Whitehouse.
Corning Museum of Glass, ©2007 167 p. $24.95 QH324
0-87290-166-1
The famous collection of glass flowers at the Botanical Museum at Harvard U. were part of a joint exhibition held at the Corning Glass Museum, in Ithaca, NY, in 2007. This volume commemorates the studies from nature on which the glass flowers, and marine invertebrates were based. Two essays describe the glass models and their makers' travels in search of specimens. The studies are reproduced in full-page color plates, with each accompanied by a short essay describing the main properties of the specimen depicted. An unusually well-made book for the price, it's distributed by Hudson Hills Press. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
