Beautiful things (in no particular order)Moon vase
Bamboo dragonfly a.k.a. bamboo copter Invented in China 2,200 years ago, I had a plastic one as a kid with only a slightly modified design
A mathematician named Klein Thought the Möbius band was divine. Said he: "If you glue The edges of two, You'll get a weird bottle like mine."
Manta Ray
Anyone know of an aquarium with one?
Orchids
Barkeria naevosa, I had one that died through over-watering :-( but not before my wife, S, made a beautiful
painting (will scan it someday)
Fan vaulting
"Gothic is living form" William Blake
VacuVin WineMaster corkscrew
(perfect marriage of form and function)
Diatoms (because small is beautiful too)
Gibson SG Double neck (to unleash the Jimmy Page in you). Has to be in cherry red of course.
SR71-Blackbird (if my father was Warren Buffett, this will be on my Xmas list)
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Filip Teplý
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