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Anne Vibeke Mou

A Botany of Glass

2020

A Botany of Glass looks at the role of plants and algae in early, pre-industrial glass making. This is an open-ended project of experiments that explore botanical alkalis, industrial legacies, personal experience and plants in their current environments.

Fern. Bracken (Pteridium aquiline), Golden Scled Male Fern (Dryopteris affines), Sand. River West Allen, North Pennines. Lead glass cullet. Fern. Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum), Golden Scaled Male Fern (Dryopteris affinis), Sand. River West Allen, North Pennines. Batch. Sea Kale. Sea Kale (Crambe Maritime), Sand. Jernhatten, Kattegat, Lime, Sangstrup Klint. Batch. Elder. Elder (Sambucus Nigra), Sand .River Derwent, Muggleswick, Lead glass cullet. Bramble. Bramble (Rubus Fruticosus), Sand. Warksburn, Stonehaugh. Lead glass cullet. Bramble. Bramble (Rubus Fruticosus), Sand. Warksburn, Stonehaugh. Batch. Plum. Plum (Prunus domestica Opal), Prunus domestica Victoria), Sand. River Allen, Staward Gorge. Lead glass cullet. Thistle. Spear Thistle (Cirsium Vulgare), Marsh Thistle (Cirsium Palustre), Creeping Thistle (Cirsium Avense), Cotton Thistle (Onopordum Acanthium). Batch. Hops. Hops (Humulus Lupulus), Sand. River Derwent, Muggleswick. Batch.

A Botany of Glass

2020

A Botany of Glass looks at the role of plants and algae in early, pre-industrial glass making. This is an open-ended project of experiments that explore botanical alkalis, industrial legacies, personal experience and plants in their current environments.