Glass Microbiology - Luke Jerram


	Glass Microbiology - Luke Jerram

celestialdancer

9-4-2009 2:32 AM

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microbes, science, disease, art, sculptures, glass blowing, how disease is manipulated through media

celestialdancer says:

Quite an amazing display of glass art sculptures. Microbes never looked quite so beautiful. Mind you, under the microscope they probably look awesome.

The whole article is well worth a read. Their is a slideshow of the various microbes and short bits of info about the various diseases ie. small pox, HIV etc.

"The sculptures were designed in consultation with virologists from the University of Bristol using a combination of different scientific photographs and models. They were made in collaboration with glassblowers Kim George, Brian Jones and Norman Veitch."

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