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Mille Fiori Room is Dale Chihuly’s “gardens of glass” which reminds him of his mother’s garden. They combine different series of his work. We sure would like them in our garden.

A small section of Dale Chihuly’s Mille Fiori room which represents a sparkling glass garden.

Glass Boating at Chihuly Garden and Glass. Balls here float, not bounce. The placement is so perfect so that you get a second view of the reflection in the water.

Dale Chihuly was invited to place glass chandeliers throughout the city of Venice in 1995-6. Five of them or inspired by them can be seen here at the Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle, WA.

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Chandeliers here are the ones (or inspired by them) that were hung all over the city of Venice in 1995-6. Here are 3 examples that are now permanently in Seattle in the museum devoted to Dale Chihuly.

When Dale Chihuly was developing his Macchia forest he had a goal to use all 300 glass colors available in the hotshop. He was able to push the scale of these shapes up to four feet in diameter.

Macchia Forest was created when Dale Chihuly noticed that stained glass windows look better on cloudy days. He developed a method of placing a thin white cloud between the glass colors to achieve a more vibrant effect.

Even the rides on the escalators inside the Seattle Public Library have artistically beautiful views.

Though it first looks kind of like a crystal chandelier, you soon learn that this hanging sculpture is the awful garbage killing the fish in the ocean. It’s in the Ripley’s Aquarium of Toronto.

The colors of the fish in the ocean are the colors of the rainbow. Love this pink-looking jellyfish in the Ripley’s Aquarium of Toronto.