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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle

A glass act: sculptures of deadly viruses

Luke Jerram
Luke Jerram spent five years working on his translucent glass sculptures. Depicted here is H1N1 – better known as the swine flu virus Photograph: Luke Jerram
Luke Jerram
Microbiology blown up into a 25cm high sculpture – another rendering of the H1N1 virus created with the help of scientific models and photographs Photograph: Luke Jerram
Luke Jerram
Looking less threatening than popular scientific imagery would have us believe, a detail of the H1N1 virus sculpture Photograph: Luke Jerram
Luke Jerram
Fragile ... but deadly: E coli bacteria Photograph: Luke Jerram
Luke Jerram
Jerram's rendering of the HIV virus Photograph: Luke Jerram
Luke Jerram
Complex curvatures in an ovoid glass represent smallpox, a disease responsible for up to 500m deaths in the last century and eradicated only 29 years ago Photograph: Luke Jerram
Luke Jerram
Beautiful but eerie ... a graceful depiction of the Sars virus Photograph: Luke Jerram
Luke Jerram
A trio of deadly diseases: smallpox, flu and HIV lined up Photograph: Luke Jerram
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