Sunday, May 15, 2022 9am to 5pm
Sunday, May 15, 2022 9am to 5pm
About this Event
26 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138
https://hmsc.harvard.edu/visitOver their fifty years of creating the Glass Flowers, Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, father and son, continually experimented with materials and methods that pushed the boundaries of glassworking. Years later, their complex and varied practices presented unique challenges for the conservators preserving and protecting the models, which led to a suite of conservation processes nearly as varied as the Blaschka’s techniques. From the Hands of the Makers explores what it takes to both make and conserve a model and investigates the lingering mysteries surrounding the making of the glass flowers—closely held secrets that only modern technology can reveal.