What the Glass Protects

$49.99

The rose is visible from every angle and reachable from none, turning perfect preservation into a quiet kind of loss.

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Description

A single rose rises inside a glass dome on an ornate base against an otherwise black field. Without a surrounding room or visible guardian, every bit of attention falls on the flower and the barrier around it. The work isolates the tension between admiration and access. The bloom can be studied from every angle but never smelled, touched, or allowed to change naturally. It can hold the shape of a preserved memory or a promise protected until protection becomes distance. Its simplicity is what makes the question clear: when we save a beautiful thing from time, what part of its life are we also asking it to surrender?

Additional information

Material

Natural Slate

Shape

Rectangle

Size

8 x 12 in

Finish

Laser Engraved

Made in

USA