A Sea of Glass: Searching for the Blaschkas' Fragile Legacy in an Ocean at Risk by C. Drew Harvell, 5 stars

[Jen]

This is a reread because I loved it so much in December. Could have fitted January or February tags but sadly life got in the way and I was late finishing for either.

A beautiful book.

Part marine invertebrate zoology, part history (sadly including some links between marine scientists and Hitler), part diving adventure, part ecological warning and some beautiful and very clever art work in photography, water colour and glass. The Blaschkas' glass models found in a Cornell university storage shed are the foundation of the whole book and started the adventure Drew Harvell embarked on. Harvell was captivated by the beauty and intricacy of the glass models and set out to discover which ones could still be found in our oceans today over several years and thousands of miles of diving adventures.

This book is educational, cautionary and above all beautiful.

[Joanne]

Had no idea who or what Blaschkas was-thanks to you, now I do. Of course I had to use the Google machine, Absolutely gorgeous. Thanks for showing me something I knew nothing about.

[KateNZ]

I got this recently though I have been buried in WPF and haven’t read it yet. I keep stroking it though - it’s one of the most beautiful books I own