I really enjoyed Professor Harvell’s presentation about the Blaschka glass models and marine life. I can’t wait to attend the show in the Spring to see them in person. The glass models provide a representation of marine life that can’t be captured in any other art medium. The film also showed some beautiful and unique creatures that I haven’t seen before. Marine life can sometimes look other wordily, and it is always a great experience to see a new species.

The history behind the pieces was also very interesting from their creators to how the pieces ended up with Cornell. Drew Harvell has done a great service for everyone by finding these hidden away pieces and leading an effort to restore them. She is doing an even greater service by leading efforts to better understand Coral Reef ecosystems and how to preserve them.