Ladd Observatory – installation view – Photo: Sean Salstrom
Ladd Observatory – floor-plan map
Ladd Observatory – Works by Salstrom, Prince and Bullock, among the various observatory artefacts
Ladd Observatory – Photo: Paul Litherland
Ladd Observatory – Works by Prince and Bullock among various observatory artefacts
Ladd Observatory – installation view
Ladd Observatory – Works by Prince and Bullock among various observatory artefacts
Ladd Observatory – Photo: Paul Litherland
Jocelyne Prince – Slide Library, Dust Series – installation view – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Jocelyne Prince – Slide Library, Dust Series – installation view (left shelves) – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Jocelyne Prince – Slide Library, Dust Series – detail dust slides – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Jocelyne Prince – Slide Library, Dust Series – detail dust slides – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Jocelyne Prince – Slide Library, Dust Series – detail dust slides – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Jocelyne Prince – Slide Library, Dust Series – detail dust slides (right shelves) – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Jocelyne Prince – Slide Library, Dust Series – detail dust slides (right shelves) – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Jocelyne Prince – Slide Library, Dust Series – detail dust slides – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Jocelyne Prince – Slide Library, Dust Series – detail dust slides – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Jocelyne Prince – Slide Library, Dust Series – detail dust slide – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Jocelyne Prince – Slide Library, Dust Series – detail dust slides – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Jocelyne Prince – Slide Library, Dust Series – detail dust slide – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Trophies: Differentiation, Zenolithic, and Igneous – piece with scientific objects on display at the Ladd – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Trophies: Differentiation, Zenolithic, and Igneous – detail, stone picked up from bus stop at the Ladd, trapped inside glass sphere with bisecting crack – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Trophies: Differentiation, Zenolithic, and Igneous – detail, stone picked up from bus stop at the Ladd, trapped inside glass sphere with bisecting crack – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Trophies: Differentiation, Zenolithic, and Igneous – detail, stone picked up from bus stop at the Ladd, trapped inside glass sphere with bisecting crack – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Trophies: Differentiation, Zenolithic, and Igneous – detail, stone picked up from bus stop at the Ladd, trapped inside glass sphere with bisecting crack – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Trophies: Differentiation, Zenolithic, and Igneous – detail showing sliced glass sphere with Ladd planetary model – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Trophies: Differentiation, Zenolithic, and Igneous – detail showing sliced glass sphere with Ladd planetary model – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Trophies: Differentiation, Zenolithic, and Igneous – detail – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Trophies: Differentiation, Zenolithic, and Igneous – detail, rock trapped in it's own bubble trapped in a glass sphere – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Glass Moon Studies (Overhead ) – 3.5 x 5.5 inches each drawing – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Glass Moon Studies (Overhead ) – 3.5 x 5.5 inches each drawing – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Glass Moon Studies (Overhead ) – 3.5 x 5.5 inches each drawing – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory. – Photo: Paul Litherland
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Katie Bullock – Glass Moon Studies (Overhead ) – 3.5 x 5.5 inches each drawing – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Glass Moon Studies (Overhead ) – 3.5 x 5.5 inches each drawing – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Glass Moon Studies (Overhead ) – 3.5 x 5.5 inches each drawing – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Glass Moon Studies (Overhead ) – 3.5 x 5.5 inches each drawing – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Glass Moon Studies (Overhead ) – 3.5 x 5.5 inches each drawing – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Glass Moon Studies (Overhead ) – 3.5 x 5.5 inches each drawing – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Glass Moon Studies (Overhead ) – 3.5 x 5.5 inches each drawing – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Glass Moon Studies (Overhead ) – 3.5 x 5.5 inches each drawing – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Glass Moon Studies (Overhead ) – 3.5 x 5.5 inches each drawing – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Tools for Looking – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Tools for Looking – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Tools for Looking – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Tools for Looking – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Foam Moon Study – 9.5 x 9.5 inches – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Foam Moon Study – 9.5 x 9.5 inches – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Foam Moon Study – 9.5 x 9.5 inches – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory. – Photo: Paul Litherland
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Sean Salstrom – Planetary Models and Evidence of First Visit to the Ladd – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Planetary Models and Evidence of First Visit to the Ladd – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Planetary Models and Evidence of First Visit to the Ladd – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Planetary Models and Evidence of First Visit to the Ladd – detail – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Planetary Models and Evidence of First Visit to the Ladd – detail, hand written label – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Planetary Models and Evidence of First Visit to the Ladd – detail, photo of artist's footprint on his first visit to the basement of Ladd Observatory – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Planetary Models and Evidence of First Visit to the Ladd – detail, photo of artist's footprint on his first visit to the basement of Ladd Observatory – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Planetary Models and Evidence of First Visit to the Ladd – detail Geodesic Crafting – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Planetary Models and Evidence of First Visit to the Ladd – detail, hand written label – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Planetary Models and Evidence of First Visit to the Ladd – detail, Geodesic Crafting showing lacquered soccer ball in glass vessel and netting – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Planetary Models and Evidence of First Visit to the Ladd – detail Preservating – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Planetary Models and Evidence of First Visit to the Ladd – detail, Preservating – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Planetary Models and Evidence of First Visit to the Ladd – detail, Preservating – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Planetary Models and Evidence of First Visit to the Ladd – detail, hand written label – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Planetary Models and Evidence of First Visit to the Ladd – detail, rock suspended in solid glass sphere, in a cut glass sphere with a foam ear plug – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Planetary Models and Evidence of First Visit to the Ladd – detail showing tethered rock orbiting glass sphere – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Planetary Models and Evidence of First Visit to the Ladd – detail, vessel containing oil and water – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Planetary Models and Evidence of First Visit to the Ladd – detail, hand written label – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Planetary Models and Evidence of First Visit to the Ladd – detail showing the joining of the water and oil in the vessel – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Planetary Models and Evidence of First Visit to the Ladd – detail showing hairball half in oil and half in water – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Planetary Models and Evidence of First Visit to the Ladd – detail, two cat fur meteorites, one exposed, one encased – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Planetary Models and Evidence of First Visit to the Ladd – detail, hand written label – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Planetary Models and Evidence of First Visit to the Ladd – detail, piece of chalk in solid glass sphere, in a glass cup, in a cut glass sphere – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Planetary Models and Evidence of First Visit to the Ladd – detail, hand written label – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Planetary Models and Evidence of First Visit to the Ladd – detail, piece of chalk in solid glass sphere, in a glass cup, in a cut glass sphere – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Planetary Models and Evidence of First Visit to the Ladd – detail, solid glass sphere with a cube bubble resting on balloon – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Sean Salstrom – Planetary Models and Evidence of First Visit to the Ladd – detail, hand written label – variable dimensions – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Galactic Marble Interiors – detail – 8 x 10 inches each – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Galactic Marble Interiors – 8 x 10 inches each – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Galactic Marble Interiors – detail – 8 x 10 inches each – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Galactic Marble Interiors – detail – 8 x 10 inches each – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Galactic Marble Interiors – detail – 8 x 10 inches each – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Galactic Marble Interiors – 8 x 10 inches each – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Galactic Marble Interiors – detail – 8 x 10 inches each – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Galactic Marble Interiors – detail – 8 x 10 inches each – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Galactic Marble Interiors – 8 x 10 inches each – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Galactic Marble Interiors – detail – 8 x 10 inches each – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Galactic Marble Interiors – 8 x 10 inches each – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Galactic Marble Interiors – 8 x 10 inches each – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Galactic Marble Interiors – detail – 8 x 10 inches each – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Galactic Marble Interiors – detail – 8 x 10 inches each – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Galactic Marble Interiors – detail – 8 x 10 inches each – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Galactic Marble Interiors – 8 x 10 inches each – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Galactic Marble Interiors – detail – 8 x 10 inches each – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Galactic Marble Interiors – detail – 8 x 10 inches each – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Galactic Marble Interiors – 8 x 10 inches each – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Jocelyne Prince – Thirty-One Celestial Events – installation view – 16 minutes – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Jocelyne Prince – Thirty-One Celestial Events – screen with video still – 16 minutes – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Jocelyne Prince – Thirty-One Celestial Events – screen with video still – 16 minutes – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Pocket Marble – 1" Diameter – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Katie Bullock – Pocket Marble – 1" Diameter – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Jocelyne Prince – Star Cylinder – view with projection – 21 x 12 x 12 inches – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Jocelyne Prince – Star Cylinder – detail of rotating cylinder and projection – 21 x 12 x 12 inches – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Jocelyne Prince – Star Cylinder – installation view – 21 x 12 x 12 inches – Exhibited at Ladd Observatory.
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Location - 1

41°49’44.238”N 71°24’53.795”W

Ladd Observatory

210 Doyle Ave., Providence, RI

Feb 13 - Aug 19, 2020

Slideshow
image of Ladd Observatory
installation view, Ladd Observatory. Photo: Sean Salstrom.

The Ladd Observatory is a Classical-Revival-style astronomical observatory, originally built in 1891 for student instruction and research in astronomy and celestial navigation. Among other smaller transit telescopes, it houses a refractor telescope with a focal length of 15 feet. It is equipped with an equatorial mount and mechanical clock drive and can receive instruments such as the filar micrometer, which was used for time-keeping related observations, such as determining the precise orbit of the moon. As well, the observations of certain stars were used to calibrate a high quality pendulum clock, located in a vibration-free and temperature-stable clock vault in the masonry pier that supports the main telescope. From 1893 to 1916, calibration signals from this clock controlled an extensive clock network in Providence and elsewhere in the state. The observatory is included in the US National Register of Historic Places. It houses a collection of antique a instruments and ressources, and is currently run by the College For Science Education in Brown University. [map]

The Intercalary Event works were integrated into the Observatory’s large study room and a smaller didactic-display room.

Intercalary Event tour at the Ladd Observatory. Video by Michael Formanski.
Slide Library, Dust Series
Jocelyne Prince

This series transforms glass dust into cosmic patterns. Glass detritus, the residue of cutting the glass, settles...

Trophies: Differentiation, Zenolithic, and Igneous
Sean Salstrom

Glass objects were made with embedded materials collected from the surrounding area of the Ladd Observatory. The ...

Glass Moon Studies (Overhead )
Katie Bullock

A collection of studies traced from the shadows cast by various blown glass elements when placed on an overhead p...

Tools for Looking
Katie Bullock

The first tool is a small mirror that reflects and magnifies the viewer’s eye as they hold the tool up to their f...

Foam Moon Study
Katie Bullock

Study investigating foam in the bottom of a coffee cup.

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Planetary Models and Evidence of First Visit to the Ladd
Sean Salstrom

The objects in the display case were inspired by the planetary models in the room. Sean was thinking about the wa...

Galactic Marble Interiors
Katie Bullock

Images from the interiors of illuminated hand-formed glass marbles interspersed throughout the observatory’...

Thirty-One Celestial Events
Jocelyne Prince

In these 31 videos, each 31 seconds long, the hot glass movement/set-ups mimic daily celestial events, which were...

Pocket Marble
Katie Bullock

This hand-made glass marble was treated with a chemical solution that essentially rendered its surface a mirror. ...

Star Cylinder
Jocelyne Prince

Star Cylinder is rotating glass cylinder. Bubbles placed in the glass recreate the cylindrical projectio...