Jellyfish,

how often have you seen them washed up on the shore?

well now you can see jellyfish in the comfort of your own home with these sculptures made out of glass, they are the work of Rick Satava, who is a master glassblower from Chico, California, His works are so realistic that people often wonder if they're looking at real jellyfish preserved in glass,

  in the late 1980s, the artist was inspired after a visit to the Monterey BayAquarium, where he looked at pacific coast jellyfish as if he was viewing art inside a gallery,

using glass-in-glass technique and getting the translucent colours just right, he began selling his sculptures in 1990, His works sold so well that Satava made more of them, and by 2002, he was designing and creating about 300 jellyfish sculptures each month, glass-in-glass is a centuries-old art form that consists of a glass sculpture inside a second glass layer, oftentimes called a shroud, the inner glass sculpture is formed first and then it is dipped into molten glass, encasing it in a solid outer glass shroud, before it cools, the shroud is malleable so the artist can manipulate it into any shape he so desires, You can find Satava's amazing jellyfish sculptures in galleries around the world or you can purchase one yourself right on Satava's website and no I am not on commission, I just think they in the right setting could look so neat.