Glass models
Harvard has a collection of Blaschka Glass Models
or
a collection of Invertebrates at the
museum of Comparative Zoology.
Nature is a great inspiration for what is possible with surfaces.
We made some computer generated fruits once.
The London
Natural History Museum has a collection of Blaschka glass models. There are 185 Blaschka models
in the collection, made between 1866-1889. Here is a youtube movie showing some of the models: