Archive for the 'Washington State' Category

US: Seattle, WA – Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle, WA

Monday, September 2nd, 2019

Bushes don’t get as beautiful as this Dave Chihuly glass one in Seattle WA . 

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US: Seattle, WA – Out of Space Chihuly Globe

Monday, September 2nd, 2019

Look carefully into the center of this Dale Chihuly Glass Globe and you can see a reflection of the Seattle Space Needle.

 

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US: Seattle, WA – Dave Chihuly Garden

Monday, September 2nd, 2019

In Seattle, these flowers never die as they have been created by Dave Chihuly and made out of glass. To us they are just as pretty as real ones.

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US: Seattle, WA – Chihuly Grows Into a Space Needle

Monday, September 2nd, 2019

In the Chihuly Glass Garden in Seattle, WA, if you look at it in just the right way, you can see a glass sculpture morph into the Seattle Space Needle.

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US: Seattle, WA – Glasshouse and Glasshouse Sculpture

Monday, September 2nd, 2019

The centerpiece of the Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle, WA, is the glasshouse. Dale Chihuly dreamed of having a space like this to present a sculpture. His inspiration came from two favorite glass buildings, the Ste. Chapelle in Paris and the Crystal Palace in London. The intensely colorful fluted flowers which change hues from morning to night, he calls the Persians.

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US: Seattle, WA – Dale Chihuly Ikebana and Float Boats

Monday, September 2nd, 2019

I wouldn’t want to go boating with these in my boat but they sure are beautiful to look at. Even the reflection in the water is beautiful. See them at Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle, WA.

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US: Seattle, WA – Chihuly Garden and Glass

Monday, August 26th, 2019

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.

 

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US: Seattle, WA – Dale Chihuly Glass Garden

Monday, August 26th, 2019

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

 

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US: Seattle, WA – Chihuly Over Venice in Seattle

Monday, August 26th, 2019

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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US: Seattle, WA – Dale Chihuly Chandeliers

Monday, August 26th, 2019

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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.

 

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