Modern method of projection and clarification of observable stars dates back
to the age of enlightenment and the work of astronomer Eugène Joseph Delporte.
Miroko is working with tension between the modern rational understanding
of the universe and our human need for symbols and myths.

PROCESS:
Thick walled glass sphere was blown by hand from dark tinted crystal with the use of an additional
step adding sodium powder producing large amount of small bubbles trapped in the glass mass.
The volume of dark glass with myriad of tiny gas bubbles is to evoke the depth and continuation
of the universe beyond of what’s visible or knowable. On the surface of the globe stars of different magnitudes are hand painted in different design and pigment. The brightest stars are depicted as a red blooming flower, double stars are represented by two dots gold and blue, the stars of the lowest magnitude are painted with gold. Stars forming constellations are connected by a thin platinum line.

painted hand-blown glass, brass fittings,
steel ball bearings, stone base.