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Description
- Stunning, all new photography illuminates the collection like never before
- Follows the successful book Sea Creatures in Glass: The Blaschka Marine Animals at Harvard, published in 2016
- The Harvard Museums of Science & Culture welcome more than 300,000 visitors per year
About the Author
Jennifer Brown became the Collection Manager for the Glass Flowers in 2012. Her background in art and library science combined with her experience assisting glass artist Toots Zynsky prepared her to work with this unique collection.Scott E. Fulton is Head Conservator for the Glass Flowers. An expert in objects conservation, he joined the Harvard University Herbaria in 2015 after serving as principal consultant on the care and preservation of the collection since 1997.Donald H. Pfister is the Asa Gray Professor of Systematic Botany and Curator of the Farlow Library and Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany. He previously served as Director of the Harvard University Herbaria and had his first view of the Glass Flowers as a graduate student visitor.Natalja Kent has over 15 years of experience photographing collections for auction houses, galleries and university museums. Her vision for the interaction of light and glass are apparent in these remarkable images that capture the detailed structure of the plants and also the hand of the maker.