When we gaze down from a plane at city lights at night, we feel like giants. Yet, looking up at the stars, we feel like tiny specks amongst them. That a person can feel like a god and like a speck of stardust at one time, in one body and mind – what marvels we humans are!
I’m Lisa Swerling, maker of 3D miniature worlds in boxes called Glass Cathedrals. Inspired by the power of the miniature to inspire and move people, I’ve spent the last twenty years making thousands of these artboxes – in Cape Town, California, and London.
Glass Cathedrals are exhibited all over the world – from international art fairs to more unconventional spots like the Exploratorium (San Francisco) and annually during the Telluride Film Festival (Colorado). But the majority of Glass Cathedrals are commissioned by ‘ordinary’ people – people like you or me.
Whether commissioning a custom Glass Cathedral that captures your unique memory or relationship, or ordering an off-the-shelf design, Glass Cathedrals remind us that we are all the heroes of our own stories, and that finding inspiration in the small stuff is a superpower we can turn on in the blink of an eye.
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