The Hot Shop Amphitheater includes a hot glass studio and a cold glass studio. Alessandro Diaz De Santillana, Venice, Italy is one of the current guest artists. Here he is adding silver leaf to one of the current projects. |
Another member of the glass-blowing team works with molten glass.
Here, a glassblower has some fun with a leftover piece of hot glass.
No photos are allowed in the rest of the museum which houses some stunning
exhibits.
W.W Seymour
Botanical Conservatory
- Tacoma [link]
This historic glass conservatory, with its distinctive twelve-sided central dome, is listed on the City of Tacoma, Washington State and National historic registers. |
Here we are in the entryway.
The flowers were amazing.
Tucked away in a corner was a small Koi pond.
Beauty was everywhere.
There was a small display of carnivorous plants, like this Pitcher Plant.
A Venus Flytrap was ready and willing.