Comments on: Beautiful glass sculptures of deadly viruses and bacteria http://boingboing.net/2009/09/10/-above-video-of-a.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 23:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: lolear http://boingboing.net/2009/09/10/-above-video-of-a.html#comment-585227 lolear Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-585227 That is a coincidence. My paintings and drawings are based on disease causing microorganisms, usually diseases in the news. http://www.lauraolear.com That is a coincidence. My paintings and drawings are based on disease causing microorganisms, usually diseases in the news. http://www.lauraolear.com

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/10/-above-video-of-a.html#comment-585282 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-585282 Laura Span has some similar artwork, check out her virus doilies: http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/manufractured/artists/splan.html Laura Span has some similar artwork, check out her virus doilies:

http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/manufractured/artists/splan.html

]]> By: n http://boingboing.net/2009/09/10/-above-video-of-a.html#comment-585855 n Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-585855 A) lol on #3 posted by Alpha Omicron B) Why does art always have to have a "purpose"? Why can't it just be awesome? Do you think the artist was like, "Oh, you know what would be awesome? Glass sculptures of, like, virii and shit. Oh shit though, but what's gonna be my statement about this? Um, something about 'blah blah artificial coloring of scientific imagery blah', OK. On to the glassblowing studio!" A) lol on #3 posted by Alpha Omicron

B) Why does art always have to have a “purpose”? Why can’t it just be awesome? Do you think the artist was like, “Oh, you know what would be awesome? Glass sculptures of, like, virii and shit. Oh shit though, but what’s gonna be my statement about this? Um, something about ‘blah blah artificial coloring of scientific imagery blah’, OK. On to the glassblowing studio!”

]]> By: Stradivari http://boingboing.net/2009/09/10/-above-video-of-a.html#comment-585863 Stradivari Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-585863 The sculptures are absolutely beautiful, and I appreciate the concept that Luke Jerram is trying to get across in this series. However, I have a problem with someone labeling themselves as an "artist" when they never actually created the piece that is being displayed. These kinds of "artists" have become increasingly represented in the art world (i.e. Jeff Koons, Gregory Crewdson). This may not be the place to discuss this idea, I just felt compelled to write about it, especially as this post has an embedded video of, in my opinion, the actual artist creating the work: Kim George. I guess my question is whether concept alone makes you an artist, or are these types of artists more like collectors who commission specific pieces that they've imagined? The sculptures are absolutely beautiful, and I appreciate the concept that Luke Jerram is trying to get across in this series. However, I have a problem with someone labeling themselves as an “artist” when they never actually created the piece that is being displayed. These kinds of “artists” have become increasingly represented in the art world (i.e. Jeff Koons, Gregory Crewdson). This may not be the place to discuss this idea, I just felt compelled to write about it, especially as this post has an embedded video of, in my opinion, the actual artist creating the work: Kim George. I guess my question is whether concept alone makes you an artist, or are these types of artists more like collectors who commission specific pieces that they’ve imagined?

]]> By: technogeek http://boingboing.net/2009/09/10/-above-video-of-a.html#comment-585125 technogeek Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-585125 Nice work. One of my own prized (though not highly valuable) possessions is a small glass model of one of the odd creatures from the Burgess Shale. Glass's fluidity makes it a wonderful medium for organic shapes. Nice work. One of my own prized (though not highly valuable) possessions is a small glass model of one of the odd creatures from the Burgess Shale. Glass’s fluidity makes it a wonderful medium for organic shapes.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/10/-above-video-of-a.html#comment-585670 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-585670 Gorgeous! My compliments on combining art with knowledge! :) Gorgeous! My compliments on combining art with knowledge! :)

]]> By: wgmleslie http://boingboing.net/2009/09/10/-above-video-of-a.html#comment-584907 wgmleslie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-584907 What a coincidence. I just purchased some plush microorganisms for my wife, who is a veterinary pathologist, from <a href="http://www.giantmicrobes.com/">GIANTmicrobes</a>. Naturally, BSE (mad cow disease) is colored like a Holstein and Yersinia pestis (black death) is... black. Also, the wavelength of visible light is around 4 to 7 thousand times longer than an atom is wide, so an atom really can't be said to even <i>have</i> a color. What a coincidence. I just purchased some plush microorganisms for my wife, who is a veterinary pathologist, from GIANTmicrobes.

Naturally, BSE (mad cow disease) is colored like a Holstein and Yersinia pestis (black death) is… black.

Also, the wavelength of visible light is around 4 to 7 thousand times longer than an atom is wide, so an atom really can’t be said to even have a color.

]]> By: unruly katy http://boingboing.net/2009/09/10/-above-video-of-a.html#comment-584908 unruly katy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-584908 Most excellent. I am always delighted to see art and science sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g. Most excellent. I am always delighted to see art and science sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/10/-above-video-of-a.html#comment-585959 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-585959 pretty cool .. thats a pretty funky torch, he'd be so much happier/faster with a GTT =) pretty cool .. thats a pretty funky torch, he’d be so much happier/faster with a GTT =)

]]> By: Alpha Omicron http://boingboing.net/2009/09/10/-above-video-of-a.html#comment-584946 Alpha Omicron Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-584946 The kicker is that it's a bong. The kicker is that it’s a bong.

]]> By: Dougall http://boingboing.net/2009/09/10/-above-video-of-a.html#comment-584958 Dougall Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-584958 I'm also a full time glassblower, and its great to see a glassblower featured on B/B. We're a pretty small group, and I don't think too many people even know we exist. I do mostly 'scientific glass' but about 10 - 20 percent of my time is on art glass. I like both; one for the challenge and discipline required, and the other for the freedom and chance to be expressive. Why did I learn to do this? Partly because almost no one else was doing it (this was in 1975). I teach it now at a local college. I’m also a full time glassblower, and its great to see a glassblower featured on B/B. We’re a pretty small group, and I don’t think too many people even know we exist. I do mostly ‘scientific glass’ but about 10 – 20 percent of my time is on art glass. I like both; one for the challenge and discipline required, and the other for the freedom and chance to be expressive.

Why did I learn to do this? Partly because almost no one else was doing it (this was in 1975). I teach it now at a local college.

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