A Whole Universe In Glass (With Chandeliers)

The chandeliers at New York’s Metropolitan Opera House are big and impressive. Unless, of course, you’re speaking on a cosmic scale, in which case they’re actually just little sparkly things. Compared to, say, the Big Bang, the chandeliers are pretty infinitesimally small, and one might wonder why one would compare the two at all. But that didn’t stop artist Josiah McElheny from trying to represent both in a single glass sculpture.