Delighted as I am by any miniatures, I loved "The Counterman Diner" by Emily Brock, dated 1991-1992. It's in the glass pavilion of the museum because it's almost entirely made from glass. It has all the little details right down to the pies & the dishes in the sink. Here's the back:
Also at the Toledo Art Museum today, we enjoyed a variety of art works from Africa, Europe, and America. The glassblowing demo was very skilled. I was almost put to sleep by the intense fire flickering in the "glory hole" where the molten glass is kept at blowing and forming temperatures. However, I watched from start (a lump of glass the size of a golf ball on the blow-pipe) to the finish of a fluted vase with a crackle finish and a wide, flared mouth.
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