Artronaut B.E.Johnson
@imperialearth.com
Photographs That Haven't Been Taken
Astronomical & Space Artist • Glassblower • 3D Modeler & Animator • Technical Illustrator • Production Designer • Photographer • Writer • Racing Engineer • Pilot
Not a day goes by that I don't learn something new.
Astronomical & Space Artist • Glassblower • 3D Modeler & Animator • Technical Illustrator • Production Designer • Photographer • Writer • Racing Engineer • Pilot
Not a day goes by that I don't learn something new.
Get 'em While They're HOT!
Full Impulse!
NEW in the HotShop!
Always wanted a pointy-nosed, 3 fin Rocket for the Buck Rogers in all of us? Now you can.
A Rocketship Christmas Tree Ornament in hand blown glass that you can display all year long.
A Universe of colors available.
6" - 7" long.
glasssculpture.org
NEW in the HotShop!
Always wanted a pointy-nosed, 3 fin Rocket for the Buck Rogers in all of us? Now you can.
A Rocketship Christmas Tree Ornament in hand blown glass that you can display all year long.
A Universe of colors available.
6" - 7" long.
glasssculpture.org
December 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Get 'em While They're HOT!
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Get 'em while they're HOT!
glasssculpture.org
It's not on the website yet, but you can request directly and we'll get one made just for you.
glasssculpture.org
It's not on the website yet, but you can request directly and we'll get one made just for you.
NEW in the HotShop!
We're working on a new planet ornament: Ganymede, the largest moon of Jupiter. It is larger than Mercury, has a thin oxygen atmosphere and her internal ocean potentially contains more water than all of Earth's oceans combined.
We wonder what creatures swim there.
We're working on a new planet ornament: Ganymede, the largest moon of Jupiter. It is larger than Mercury, has a thin oxygen atmosphere and her internal ocean potentially contains more water than all of Earth's oceans combined.
We wonder what creatures swim there.
December 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Get 'em while they're HOT!
glasssculpture.org
It's not on the website yet, but you can request directly and we'll get one made just for you.
glasssculpture.org
It's not on the website yet, but you can request directly and we'll get one made just for you.
Hmmmm.... Perhaps we should require that from candidates for president
The Trump administration is proposing to ask visitors from countries with visa-free travel to the U.S. to submit five years of their social media history before they can enter.
Tourists from 42 countries will have to submit 5 years of social media history to enter U.S. under Trump plan
The Trump administration is proposing to ask visitors from countries with visa-free travel to the U.S. to submit five years of their social media history before they can enter.
cbsn.ws
December 11, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Hmmmm.... Perhaps we should require that from candidates for president
Get 'em while they're HOT.
In production in the hotshop:
Heirloom Blown Glass Solar System Ornaments.
Get the Whole Solar System as a set or build yours up one planet at a time for a yearly tradition.
Also: Moon, Milkyway, Black Hole, Kuiper Belt mini set, Planet 9, Europa & Titan.
glasssculpture.org/artglass/hol...
Heirloom Blown Glass Solar System Ornaments.
Get the Whole Solar System as a set or build yours up one planet at a time for a yearly tradition.
Also: Moon, Milkyway, Black Hole, Kuiper Belt mini set, Planet 9, Europa & Titan.
glasssculpture.org/artglass/hol...
December 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Get 'em while they're HOT.
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It's #Caturday !
Butters caught a Mouse!
He's s Kurilian Bobtail. The breed originated in Russia. Rare within the US.
He's my guardian. First thing in the morning when I open the window to the cat flap, he goes out into the kittenclosure to make sure it's all safe for everyone to go out.
Butters caught a Mouse!
He's s Kurilian Bobtail. The breed originated in Russia. Rare within the US.
He's my guardian. First thing in the morning when I open the window to the cat flap, he goes out into the kittenclosure to make sure it's all safe for everyone to go out.
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It's #Caturday !
Butters caught a Mouse!
He's s Kurilian Bobtail. The breed originated in Russia. Rare within the US.
He's my guardian. First thing in the morning when I open the window to the cat flap, he goes out into the kittenclosure to make sure it's all safe for everyone to go out.
Butters caught a Mouse!
He's s Kurilian Bobtail. The breed originated in Russia. Rare within the US.
He's my guardian. First thing in the morning when I open the window to the cat flap, he goes out into the kittenclosure to make sure it's all safe for everyone to go out.
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As do we.
October 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
As do we.
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Our long-standing Allegany Artisans Studio Tour, on the 18th and 19th, now end up coinciding with No Kings #2. As such, we'll have to be in the glass studio hotshop, as opposed to showing our support.
Rest assured, we do and we'd be there if we could.
bsky.app/profile/glas...
glasssculpture.org
Rest assured, we do and we'd be there if we could.
bsky.app/profile/glas...
glasssculpture.org
October 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Our long-standing Allegany Artisans Studio Tour, on the 18th and 19th, now end up coinciding with No Kings #2. As such, we'll have to be in the glass studio hotshop, as opposed to showing our support.
Rest assured, we do and we'd be there if we could.
bsky.app/profile/glas...
glasssculpture.org
Rest assured, we do and we'd be there if we could.
bsky.app/profile/glas...
glasssculpture.org
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It's #caturday !
Our Winky returned home. Her sister Zot misses her, searching through the house.
Later, as our grief subsides some, we'll go out to our hotshop and blow a glass kittyface urn for her ashes.
Right now, I know we'd not be able to get very far before our vision would be obscured.
Our Winky returned home. Her sister Zot misses her, searching through the house.
Later, as our grief subsides some, we'll go out to our hotshop and blow a glass kittyface urn for her ashes.
Right now, I know we'd not be able to get very far before our vision would be obscured.
October 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
It's #caturday !
Our Winky returned home. Her sister Zot misses her, searching through the house.
Later, as our grief subsides some, we'll go out to our hotshop and blow a glass kittyface urn for her ashes.
Right now, I know we'd not be able to get very far before our vision would be obscured.
Our Winky returned home. Her sister Zot misses her, searching through the house.
Later, as our grief subsides some, we'll go out to our hotshop and blow a glass kittyface urn for her ashes.
Right now, I know we'd not be able to get very far before our vision would be obscured.
Substack #2: A One-Sided Coin
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A One-Sided Coin
Always Comes Up Heads
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September 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Substack #2: A One-Sided Coin
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My First Substack:
Executive Order to Fly Flags at Half-Staff?
With A Slight Amendment...
Executive Order to Fly Flags at Half-Staff?
With A Slight Amendment...
Executive Order to Fly Flags at Half-Staff?
And A Slight Amendment...
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September 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
My First Substack:
Executive Order to Fly Flags at Half-Staff?
With A Slight Amendment...
Executive Order to Fly Flags at Half-Staff?
With A Slight Amendment...
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Happy #TunaTuesday
from Watson, who's decidedly had his share of Tuna!
After grabbing this I tried for a really great shot that captured his full shadow stretching across the floor toward me, but was beseged by many other #cats "helping" by sequentially getting in the frame and ruining it. #catsky
from Watson, who's decidedly had his share of Tuna!
After grabbing this I tried for a really great shot that captured his full shadow stretching across the floor toward me, but was beseged by many other #cats "helping" by sequentially getting in the frame and ruining it. #catsky
September 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Happy #TunaTuesday
from Watson, who's decidedly had his share of Tuna!
After grabbing this I tried for a really great shot that captured his full shadow stretching across the floor toward me, but was beseged by many other #cats "helping" by sequentially getting in the frame and ruining it. #catsky
from Watson, who's decidedly had his share of Tuna!
After grabbing this I tried for a really great shot that captured his full shadow stretching across the floor toward me, but was beseged by many other #cats "helping" by sequentially getting in the frame and ruining it. #catsky
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It's #Caturday - Moonlight 🐈 Stressing Out Again
Turned from doing the dishes and met with this. What a hoot.
Takes the stress out of one's day. (He isn't, so why should we be?)
We're dealing with Covid-19 here, picked up at #WorldCon during our #HUGOs delivery.
Gotta take the bad with the good.
Turned from doing the dishes and met with this. What a hoot.
Takes the stress out of one's day. (He isn't, so why should we be?)
We're dealing with Covid-19 here, picked up at #WorldCon during our #HUGOs delivery.
Gotta take the bad with the good.
August 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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✨A HUGO First! ✨
💡 IT LIGHTS UP!!! 💡
1: Presentation On-Stage
2: Naomi Kritzer holding her #hugo with glow visible
3: Neil Clarke’s #HugoAward
#naomikritzer #clarkesworld #GlassSculpture #award #WorldCon #Seattle #glassblowing
Full story of all of our #HUGOs on glasssculpture.org/awards/hugo/
💡 IT LIGHTS UP!!! 💡
1: Presentation On-Stage
2: Naomi Kritzer holding her #hugo with glow visible
3: Neil Clarke’s #HugoAward
#naomikritzer #clarkesworld #GlassSculpture #award #WorldCon #Seattle #glassblowing
Full story of all of our #HUGOs on glasssculpture.org/awards/hugo/
August 21, 2025 at 3:36 AM
✨A HUGO First! ✨
💡 IT LIGHTS UP!!! 💡
1: Presentation On-Stage
2: Naomi Kritzer holding her #hugo with glow visible
3: Neil Clarke’s #HugoAward
#naomikritzer #clarkesworld #GlassSculpture #award #WorldCon #Seattle #glassblowing
Full story of all of our #HUGOs on glasssculpture.org/awards/hugo/
💡 IT LIGHTS UP!!! 💡
1: Presentation On-Stage
2: Naomi Kritzer holding her #hugo with glow visible
3: Neil Clarke’s #HugoAward
#naomikritzer #clarkesworld #GlassSculpture #award #WorldCon #Seattle #glassblowing
Full story of all of our #HUGOs on glasssculpture.org/awards/hugo/
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A few recipients of our #HUGO #Award @ #WorldCon #Seattle
Enlargements and animations of the #HugoAward @ glasssculpture.org/awards/hugo/
#GlassSculpture #glass #sculpture #startrek
Enlargements and animations of the #HugoAward @ glasssculpture.org/awards/hugo/
#GlassSculpture #glass #sculpture #startrek
August 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
A few recipients of our #HUGO #Award @ #WorldCon #Seattle
Enlargements and animations of the #HugoAward @ glasssculpture.org/awards/hugo/
#GlassSculpture #glass #sculpture #startrek
Enlargements and animations of the #HugoAward @ glasssculpture.org/awards/hugo/
#GlassSculpture #glass #sculpture #startrek
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August 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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The 2025 #HUGO Award Revealed at #WorldCon Seattle
Carved wood depicting Mount Rainier. Blown glass mountain rests atop the carving, surrounding the HUGO Rocket fins. The glass colors echo the carving within.
Full story & #animations @ glasssculpture.org/awards/hugo/
#glass #sculpture #glassblowing
Carved wood depicting Mount Rainier. Blown glass mountain rests atop the carving, surrounding the HUGO Rocket fins. The glass colors echo the carving within.
Full story & #animations @ glasssculpture.org/awards/hugo/
#glass #sculpture #glassblowing
August 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The 2025 #HUGO Award Revealed at #WorldCon Seattle
Carved wood depicting Mount Rainier. Blown glass mountain rests atop the carving, surrounding the HUGO Rocket fins. The glass colors echo the carving within.
Full story & #animations @ glasssculpture.org/awards/hugo/
#glass #sculpture #glassblowing
Carved wood depicting Mount Rainier. Blown glass mountain rests atop the carving, surrounding the HUGO Rocket fins. The glass colors echo the carving within.
Full story & #animations @ glasssculpture.org/awards/hugo/
#glass #sculpture #glassblowing
I've Got A Gold Record On The Wall!
Reading this from many years ago, I was taken aback.
blog.imperialearth.com/art/ive-got-...
Some things are meant to be shared. One never knows where they may lead or how many lives have been touched.
#coverart #albumcover #goldrecord #publicenemy #defjam
Reading this from many years ago, I was taken aback.
blog.imperialearth.com/art/ive-got-...
Some things are meant to be shared. One never knows where they may lead or how many lives have been touched.
#coverart #albumcover #goldrecord #publicenemy #defjam
I’ve Got A Gold Record On The Wall!
One never knows what awaits just around the corner. Or for how long it has waited. In 1990, I was contacted by Def Jam Records to do the cover of Public Enemy's upcoming release: Fear Of A Black Plane...
blog.imperialearth.com
August 9, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I've Got A Gold Record On The Wall!
Reading this from many years ago, I was taken aback.
blog.imperialearth.com/art/ive-got-...
Some things are meant to be shared. One never knows where they may lead or how many lives have been touched.
#coverart #albumcover #goldrecord #publicenemy #defjam
Reading this from many years ago, I was taken aback.
blog.imperialearth.com/art/ive-got-...
Some things are meant to be shared. One never knows where they may lead or how many lives have been touched.
#coverart #albumcover #goldrecord #publicenemy #defjam
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August 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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It’s #WhiskersWednesday!
Moonlight’s Fantastic Feelers!
Moonlight’s Fantastic Feelers!
July 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
It’s #WhiskersWednesday!
Moonlight’s Fantastic Feelers!
Moonlight’s Fantastic Feelers!
The Cover Art for James A. Michener's novel: SPACE. Was really fun walking through airports as I traveled and seeing it on display in the shops.
#michener #art #covers #bookcover #coverart #space #spaceart #spaceprogram #spacecraft #mercury #gemini #apollo #shuttle #iss #orbit #airbrush #miniseries
#michener #art #covers #bookcover #coverart #space #spaceart #spaceprogram #spacecraft #mercury #gemini #apollo #shuttle #iss #orbit #airbrush #miniseries
July 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The Cover Art for James A. Michener's novel: SPACE. Was really fun walking through airports as I traveled and seeing it on display in the shops.
#michener #art #covers #bookcover #coverart #space #spaceart #spaceprogram #spacecraft #mercury #gemini #apollo #shuttle #iss #orbit #airbrush #miniseries
#michener #art #covers #bookcover #coverart #space #spaceart #spaceprogram #spacecraft #mercury #gemini #apollo #shuttle #iss #orbit #airbrush #miniseries
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Currently working on the final stages of this year's HUGO Awards to be presented at Seattle Worldcon 2025. Can't reveal the design, so here's the cast glass award we produced for LONCON 3 2014. Animation @ glasssculpture.org/awards/hugo/...
#glass #sculpture #castGlass #hugo #worldcon #glassblowing
#glass #sculpture #castGlass #hugo #worldcon #glassblowing
July 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Currently working on the final stages of this year's HUGO Awards to be presented at Seattle Worldcon 2025. Can't reveal the design, so here's the cast glass award we produced for LONCON 3 2014. Animation @ glasssculpture.org/awards/hugo/...
#glass #sculpture #castGlass #hugo #worldcon #glassblowing
#glass #sculpture #castGlass #hugo #worldcon #glassblowing
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July 13, 2025 at 1:27 AM