Saturday, September 26, 2009

Of laboratories, potion bottles and the aesthetic of collections of glass bottles stoppered with cork.

Found on Flickr; Image by Vissago
Erlenmeyer Flasks with dry ice and colored water. I love chemistry laboratories. It's the look really, all the scientific complexity and carefulness, the controlled chaos. Flasks, vials and measuring instruments sitting in such a cleanly cluttered environment. I know its what you do with them that one should respect, but one cannot help but enjoy the aesthetic of a labratory.


Found on Flickr; Image by TW Collins
Potions. Oh what a beautiful sight, hundreds of bottles carefully labeled, all topped with cork stoppers. I would love to have a wall filled with oil and herb bottles for every whim. but for now the small herb cabinet handed down from my grandmother will have to do.


Found on Flickr; Image by Ovendelon
More Potion bottles. It'll never end.

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