Have you ever seen a massive purple monster, a shark with mouth wide open or a slice of pepperoni pizza sail across a lake? Or perhaps, you’ve watched a giant colorful tennis shoe, a spaceship or even a sleek Corvette float along a watery race course.
The first thing to strike a visitor to the anteroom housing SIU’s massive collection of bird specimens is its seeming guardian: An enormous, immature bald eagle frozen in full spread-wing pose, magnificent and menacing.
Glass is a big part of our lives. For the casual observer, these pieces are no more than pretty or functional objects. Yet, for glass blower Ho Seok Youn, each handcrafted piece has a deeper meaning and a purpose behind it.