by Robert Gutierrez
Robert Gutierrez was initially inspired to create a super-large cave model from borosilicate after witnessing firsthand the incredible load-carrying capacity of a geodesic dome. Lechuguilla is filled with over 500 dark amethyst stalactites totaling nearly 3,000 pounds of glass housed inside a steel 12-foot-wide by 20-foot-tall geodesic dome.
This article was originally published on page 28 in the Fall 2014 issue of The Flow.