My projects take long enough that a daily update isn't practical. For that reason, here is another fun tangential topic: Uroboros brand glass.
First, I have to give kudos for their company name. The uroboros is an ancient artistic motif, incorporating a serpent or dragon that circles around to bite its own tail. The motif can represent creation, the cyclical nature of time, or infinity. That's just cool.
According to Wikipedia:
The uroboros symbol also appears in many modern media, including the Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan."Plato described a self-eating, circular being as the first living thing in the universe—an immortal, perfectly constructed animal.
'The living being had no need of eyes when there was nothing remaining outside him to be seen; nor of ears when there was nothing to be heard; and there was no surrounding atmosphere to be breathed; nor would there have been any use of organs by the help of which he might receive his food or get rid of what he had already digested, since there was nothing which went from him or came into him: for there was nothing beside him. Of design he was created thus...'"
The second thing going for the Uroboros glass company is that many high-end patterns recommend their glass for the pieces. The glass is particularly good for organic subject matter, which is what I'm most interested in making. Look at these samples of glass for sale on the Uroboros website:
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