Blown Glass From Around the World
Glass blowing is an ancient art, seeming from the first attempts to form glass from silica. The glassblower’s furnace on the Eastside Culture Crawl in Vancouver, BC. Close-up of a piece […]
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Ryan Photography Challenge: Vase
These two back-lit blue vases really caught my eye in the window of a museum displaying glassware in Puebla, Mexico. Close up of the two vases. More of the Ryan […]
Reflections of Clouds
For reflections of clouds first you need clouds. That may seem obvious, but some places in the world don’t really have clouds, or at least not often. Las Vegas has […]
CFFC: Cups from Around the World
A collection of cups from around the world. At Chittor Palace in India they serve chai from a teapot with the palace coat of arms on it. In La Quinta […]
Hearts From Around the World
For Valentine’s day, a collection of hearts… Neufchatel cheese for sale in the Normandy region of France. It is traditionally done in a heart shape. A Delft Blue glass heart […]
Photo a Week Challenge: Glass Chandeliers
In Europe I was fascinated by the variety of glass chandeliers in all their glory. Belgium revelled in antique chandeliers, such as this one in the Hotel Bluets in Brussels. The […]
One Word Challenge: Cityscape
Vancouver has been called a ‘City of Glass’ by Douglas Copeland, one of its citizens best known for the coining of the expression ‘Generation X’. These are some of my […]
