http://netvouz.com/tag/blaschka?feed=rss Bookmarks tagged with "blaschka" on Netvouz http://curiousexpeditions.org/?p=582 Leopold Blaschka and his son Rudolf came from a long line of talented glassmakers. As a hobby, Leopold began making glass flowers from illustrations in natural history books. So beautiful, accurate and delicate were these models, a buzz began to generate in his hometown in Germany, and a local aristocrat commissioned 100 glass orchids. Leopold’s son, Rudolf joined him in the painstakingly intricate work. Thus began a prolific career in natural history glassmaking, ending in the largest commission of their lives; an order from Harvard college for over 3000 plant and flower models for their botany students. fjordaan Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:07:06 GMT