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US: Seattle, WA – Out of Space Chihuly Globe
Look carefully into the center of this Dale Chihuly Glass Globe and you can see a reflection of the Seattle Space Needle.
US: Seattle, WA – Dave Chihuly Garden
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.
US: Seattle, WA – Chihuly Grows Into a Space Needle
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.
US: Seattle, WA – Glasshouse and Glasshouse Sculpture
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.
US: Seattle, WA – Dale Chihuly Ikebana and Float Boats
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.
US: Seattle, WA – Chihuly Garden and Glass
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.
US: Seattle, WA – Dale Chihuly Glass Garden
A small section of Dale Chihuly’s Mille Fiori room which represents a sparkling glass garden.
US: Seattle, WA =Whatever Floats your Boat
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.
US: Seattle, WA – Chihuly Over Venice in Seattle
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.
US: Seattle, WA – Dale Chihuly Chandeliers
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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.
