[ProtectOurFreedom]

Thanks for posting. This is most fascinating, especially the story of how the got calmed on the Atlantic, studied sea life, and went home to make it out of glass.

We were at the Bay Area Maker Faire this last weekend in San Mateo, CA. Michael Dickinson from Marin County was demonstrating his glass blowing skills. He made a throw-away sea shell that was so detailed, so gorgeously colored and so life-like that it could fool a person. He made the piece for practice and demo at the event. He doesn't even bother to anneal the piece, so it will probably break after a few hours or days.

His regular art glass is magnificent.

You can see him working on a seashell at 1:50 in this Maker Faire 2016 Glass Demonstration video.

Lastly, here is a flower he made...

[Yossarian]

We were at the Bay Area Maker Faire this last weekend in San Mateo, CA. Michael Dickinson from Marin County was demonstrating his glass blowing skills.

I was there Saturday, and was amazed by the beauty of the items in his tent - truly an artist!

Too bad his stuff is too appropriately expensive (and I don't host fancy shindigs where fashionable people drink alcohol) to justify buying some of his work.