#Chihuly garden and glass

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Dale Chihuly (born September 20, 1941) is an American glass artist and entrepreneur. He is well known in the field of blown glass, "moving it into the realm of large-scale sculpture".

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Highlights from the Chihuly Garden and Glass featuring the works of Dale Chihuly.

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Exhibit at the Chihuly Garden and Glass, Seattle, WA.

This installation includes two of Chihuly's wooden rowboats, one filled with Ikebana elements and another with Niljima Floats. Their origins date to 1995 in Nuutajärvi, Finland, where he experimented with temporary installations along the shore of the nearby river and tossed glass forms into it to see how the glass would interact with water and light. Local teenagers gathered the drifting glass in rowboats, inspiring Chihuly to create a new type of installation with a variety of forms including two seen here: Ikebana and Nijima Floats. The Ikebana Boat features long, flower-like glass stems inspired by the Japanese art of ikebana. Nijima Floats were inspired by the artist's trip to the Japanese island of Nijima and by childhood memories of discovering Japanese fishing net floats along the beaches of Puget Sound.

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9/22/22

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Opened in May of 2012, Chihuly Garden and Glass is an exhibit within the Seattle Center beside the Space Needle.  It primarily showcases the work of famed American glass artist Dale Chihuly and features 3 sections: the Garden, a Glasshouse and the Interior Exhibits.  Tickets can be purchased online for between US$20-35 and is generally one of the places you should go to when visiting Seattle.

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Seattle Pt. 2

So thankful for the fast passenger ferry again! Less folks on board being a weekend day and not a normal work/school one. With more elbow room on the ferry we planned to explore the Chihuly Garden and Glass Museum, and let me tell you we were not expecting the true artistry, beauty and grandeur of each glass piece we saw.

Some of these sculptures took multiple tries to get anywhere near the final form and these artists that work with Chihuly really are some master crafters. He lost use of one of his eyes as a young man so has been pushing glass artists to their limit and beyond since to help in creating the masterpieces that live in his head.

His pieces have been displayed all over the world. Jess and I without realizing had seen some pieces at the Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas about 5/10 years ago and were in aw then. To be surrounded by all this glass and art was really moving.

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Seattle, USA

[ JUNE 2023 ] We arrived in Seattle at approximately 11pm, the train journey was uneventful and passport control had allowed us through, so we had finally arrived in the USA. Andy has been to different parts of the USA before, whereas I have only been to Florida – mostly for DisneyWorld – so I was looking forward to seeing new parts of the USA and really experiencing the country. Initially,…

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All That Glitters is Glass

All That Glitters is Glass

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