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Unbroken Home: Coal-Minin’ Life Inside A Bottle
If I could save time in a bottle…I’ll tell you what I’d like to do…
I’d save every beautiful landscape ’til eternity passed me away.
Such, also, was the thought process of “Ole Bye,” a West Virginia artisan who creates the most fantastically detailed “micro-sculptures.”
Check out these amazing rural scenes, created inside tiny vintage glass bottles. It’s easy to get lost in the intricate detail of each piece, and imagine oneself in a more rural, more pristine world…
From the artist:
During a conversation with a co-worker in the spring of 2008, I blurted out the idea of building models of West Virginia coal camp scenes inside of glass bottles. It has taken a year to transform that idea into something tangible.
The inside space of a bottle fascinates me. Although extremely cramped, it can be made to appear deep. These models are designed to last virtually forever if the wax seal remains unbroken. I like to think that the contents of the bottles are inviolable, which is what I wish upon the actual coalfields region itself. History here has not been kind.
Each bottle is a one-of-a-kind original made by me, Ole Bye, here in West Virginia’s southern coalfields. Every bottle features a hand-made West Virginia hardwood stand, and comes with a certificate explaining the historical features represented within the bottle.
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Check out more from Ole Bye at his website, Unbroken Home.
Thanks to Sonia for the sweet find!
Written by robin on 07/08/2009 in Blog | Folk Art | History | Sculpture/Installation
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