The Biologically-Inspired Glass Work of Danish Artist Steffan Dam

Wow. I have just come across the exquisite, biologically-inspired glass work of Danish artist Steffan Dam. The work--organized into series titled "Flower Blocks," "Specimen Blocks," "Fossils" and "Marine Biology--reminds me quite a bit of the work of revered natural history artists Ernst Heackel and Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka.

Above are just a few of my favorite pieces; I highly encourage you to visit the website to see the full collection by clicking here; you can also download a PDF catalog of his work by clicking here.

Via Wunderkammer.

Melli Ink, 21st Century

The always fascinating Street Anatomy blog just turned me on to the work of Zurich-based artist Melli Ink. An artist with a background in stage and set design, she constructs fine-art installations built around large-scale, exquisite glassworks, some of them bearing a more than passing resemblance to the famed Blaschka glass models, others evoking Edward Gorey's gothic fantasies, and still others bringing to mind classic anatomical models rendered in stark, glistening crystal.

Check out her website (here) to see much more of her wonderful glasswork; Click here to see the original post on Street Anatomy.