{"id":2566,"date":"2021-01-01T10:27:08","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T10:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lukejerram.com\/glass\/?page_id=2566"},"modified":"2025-03-24T14:11:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:11:57","slug":"coronavirus-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lukejerram.com\/glass\/gallery\/coronavirus-covid-19","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"ngg-galleria-parent nextgen_pro_slideshow\"\n     data-id=\"48137f615c32cfcb80a484099cfe58d8\"\n     id=\"displayed_gallery_48137f615c32cfcb80a484099cfe58d8\">\n\t<div class=\"ngg-galleria\"><\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"ngg-galleria-offscreen-seo-wrapper\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lukejerram.com\/glass\/wp-content\/gallery\/coronavirus-covid-19\/760x478_0000.jpg\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/www.lukejerram.com\/glass\/wp-content\/gallery\/coronavirus-covid-19\/760x478_0000.jpg\"\n               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university in America to reflect their current and future research, learning in health, and its focus on solving global challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Luke says:<\/em><em>\u201cThis artwork is a tribute to the scientists and medical teams who are working collaboratively across the world to try to slow the spread of the virus. It is vital we attempt to slow the spread of coronavirus by working together globally, so our health services can manage this pandemic.\u201d<\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cHelping to communicate the form of the virus to the public, the artwork has been created as an alternative representation to the artificially coloured imagery received through the media. In fact, viruses have no colour as they are smaller than the wavelength of light.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Made through a process of scientific glassblowing, the coronavirus model is based on the latest scientific understanding and diagrams of the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luke sold editions of the sculpture to museums internationally and raised over \u00a355,000 for <a href=\"https:\/\/msf.org.uk\/welcome-medecins-sans-frontieres-doctors-without-borders-msf?gad_source=1&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwhYS_BhD2ARIsAJTMMQaCbmfGe5Hi3Hr5PM1N6c1iX5b0Tg1UQIUoO1Tx0GPEhfw2fCnNGeAaAvc9EALw_wcB&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Medicine Sans Frontieres<\/a> to help their work supporting communities impacted by the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"COVID19 Coronavirus in glass.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DdZBYKnSPeo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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Germany<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eveningexpress.co.uk\/news\/uk\/artist-creates-coronavirus-sculpture-in-tribute-to-scientists-and-medical-teams\/\">Evening Express<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/nuus.hu\/eletmod\/design\/0320\/igy-nez-ki-a-koronavirus-egymillioszor-nagyitasban-uvegszoborkent\/\">NUUS<\/a> &#8211; Hungary<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onetz.de\/oberpfalz\/oberpfalz\/alltag-corona-antworten-leser-fragen-teil-3-id2995888.html\">Onetz<\/a> &#8211; Germany<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/0\/coronavirus-britain-lockdown-pictures\/glass-sculpture-entitled-coronavirus-covid-19-created-british\/\">Daily Telegraph<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u6b66\u6f22\u80ba\u708e\u75c5\u6bd2\u9577\u600e\u6a23\uff1f\u85dd\u8853\u5bb6\u7528\u73bb\u7483\u653e\u5927\u518d\u73fe \u771f\u5be6\u5230\u9023\u79d1\u5b78\u754c\u90fd\u9752\u775e\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z0fmniEfs4g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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Sold as Limited edition of 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lukejerram.com\/glass\/sales\">Go to Sales page&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luke Jerram has created a Covid-19 glass sculpture in tribute to the huge global scientific and medical effort to combat the pandemic.&nbsp; Made in glass, at 23cm in diameter, it is approximately 2 million times larger than the actual virus. 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