These are the Originals

I had long searched galleries for baubles that happened to resemble celestial bodies—mostly atmosphereless cratered planets and moons—and had assembled something of a collection in its own right, but could never find any that looked like our Earth or its planetary neighbors.That was before Joy Alyssa Day and I took up blowing glass.We're both scientist and engineers as well as artists. We like to use the scientific data returned by our space probes to inspire our creations where possible.Two of our early commissions were creating huge Solar System Mobiles. After many hours of trial (and mostly error!) in developing much larger planets for the mobiles, we decided to scale them down for many to enjoy. (Mobiles are kinda pricey.)Using those techniques we create planet, moon and asteroid ornaments that capture the essence of our Solar System in hand-blown glass; exhibiting the wonderful diversity of the individual spheres that circle our closest star along with us.We like to think of them as the Universe come to imitate itself.— B.E.Johnson