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...collection of glass flowers, which is on permanent display in the HMNH, which the glass sea creatures predate. Originally, museums and universities could purchase specific models out of Ward’s Catalogue for teaching and educational purposes. The exhibit displays a copy of the catalogue along with the Blaschkas??€™ worktable an d a summary of basic techniques used to create the models.The collection holds a significant place among scholars because of the lifelike quality of the renderings. “They are an accurate depiction of species rarely seen by humans with artistic and biological appeal reflected...

Author: By Athena L. Katsampes, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Glass Sea Creatures Emerge Out of Deep Storage | 4/3/2008 | See Source »

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