Andy Paiko’s Functional Glass Machines

Craft & Design

Andy Paiko does some amazing things with glass.

Paiko has painstakingly re-created intricate antique machines almost exclusively out of glass, including a seismograph, a spinning wheel, weight scales, and even a large-scale Ben Franklin-esque glass armonica — and yes, they all work.

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