Day 2642: ... to scale by Yuki Tsunoda.

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Realistic Glass Insects Sculpted to Scale by Yuki Tsunoda

a delicate glass sculpture, by Yuki Tsunoda, a young sculptor who shapes glass into insects and plants that are almost exactly to scale.

mosquito

The 26-year old artist first began working with glass in 2012 

when she attempted to visualize the disgust and aversion most 

people have to insects, especially when they swarm together. 

But as she studied them more and more she began to take note of the beauty of each individual body part. Tsunoda eventually shifted her focus to emphasizing the beauty of insects by recreating them in realistic forms, and to scale, using glass.

Dragonfly

Tsunoda at work

Tsunoda works primarily with Italian Moretti glass, which is a medium-soft glass, known for its malleable and colorful properties. But because she works in miniature scale, she often uses pins, spatulas, razors and other tools to create her sculptures. 

She also uses dichroic glass and a form of quartz known as aventurine to obtain the type of metallic luster found on insects.

bugs

Tsunada exhibits her work around Japan periodically but doesn’t appear to have any upcoming exhibitions. But she does have an online shop where you can purchase her glass insects. She is also on Twitter, where she occasionally shares images of her work.

honey pot ants

honey pot ants

hydrangea and snail

cricket

grasshopper

leaf cutter ants

mantis

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