Like forensic investigators, conservators collect, examine, and document evidence to help solve mysteries. This is the story of one such investigation. The Backstory The incredibly life-like and detailed invertebrate models made by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the mid to … Read more →
As a conservator at a glass museum, most of the conservation treatments I do are on glass, but sometimes we are faced with other, less expected materials. One of the more unusual treatments I’ve done recently was repairing the straws … Read more →
I was intrigued and somewhat baffled when introduced to the Snowflake Warrior Vase and other snowflake glass objects in the Museum’s collection by Dr. Shelly Xue, our 2019 Carpenter Foundation Fellow for Asian Glass, and Astrid van Giffen, associate conservator … Read more →
Snowflake glass is a unique type of 19th-century Chinese glass that, as the name implies, invokes images of snow. The effect is created with varying amounts of white inclusions (small particles inside the glass) and small air bubbles in a … Read more →