Glass Houses
Anna Scripps Conservatory on Belle Isle, Michigan 
Inspired by Ichiro Tashiro, a stained glass artist in Karuizawa Japan (see link at right), I decided to build a small terrarium, actually a shameless copy of one of Ichiro’s. This glass house sold immediately. A second, and then third glass house added some new details, ridge vents and a few panels of textured, iridescent glass.
Well time to move on, three of the same thing made me feel like a piece worker.
Inspired by the Anna Scripps Conservatory on Belle Isle, designed by Albert Kahn in 1902, my forth (and final) greenhouse is one of a kind.
It’s a large piece 24 inches wide, 17 inches tall; the dome is an 8-inch sphere. Containing 450 pieces of glass and mounted on a Mahogany base, the terrarium is built in four sections to make plant care easy.
It was fun, but challenging to build, in particular, figuring out how to construct the glass dome. I wanted capture the spirit of the original palm house of the Belle Isle Conservatory. Let me know what you think.
It was fun, but challenging to build, in particular, figuring out how to construct the glass dome. I wanted capture the spirit of the original palm house of the Belle Isle Conservatory. Let me know what you think.
--Mark
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