Nature trapped in glass

摘要

Works by Danish glass artist Steffen Dam, inspired by animal and plant morphology, will be on show next month in Seattle, Washington. Rows of cylindrical jars seem to imprison jellyfish whose tentacles swirl in slipstreams of frozen air bubbles, while translucent panels appear to house various sections of botanical or zoological specimens. Yet Dam's evocative productions are inanimate works of chemistry, entirely crafted using clever glass-making techniques.