‘The Creeping and The Wise’: How the metamorphosis of animals in Scottish folklore and fossils became a recipe for glass | National Museums Scotland Blog

‘The Creeping and The Wise’: How the metamorphosis of animals in Scottish folklore and fossils became a recipe for glass – National Museums Scotland Blog

‘The Creeping and The Wise’: How the metamorphosis of animals in Scottish folklore and fossils became a recipe for glass

Green glass tubes arranged in lines against white.

From a 355-million-year-old fossil to a contemporary glass sculpture, this artwork was a long time in the making. Here artist Anne Vibeke Mou describes the process of working with our curators and collections to produce The Creeping and The Wise, a piece that explores the space between folklore and natural science. I’m an artist with … Continue reading ‘The Creeping and The Wise’: How the metamorphosis of animals in Scottish folklore and fossils became a recipe for glass