Incredibly Realistic Fresh and Wilting Glass Flowers by Lilla Tabasso

At first glance, these flowers look totally normal, just some fresh and wilting flowers. However, if you take a close look, you will find these flowers are actually made of glass. You might wonder the advantage of glass flowers is they will never wilting, then why the artist includes fading flowers alongside fresh ones? Inspired by the 17th-century Dutch still life painting genre that represents transience and death through symbolic objects, Italian glass artist Lilla Tabasso decided to include the full life cycle of blossoms in her sculptures. Below are some of Tabasso’s stunning glass artwork, if you like them you can see more on her Instagram page.