If you have an interest in art glass, then you may have heard of the glass artist Dale Chihuly. I have always had a love of coloured glass, although I am usually terrified I will break it! Last autumn, I visited a small gallery in Las Vegas that had an exhibition of some of Dale Chihuly's work, including some of his naturalistic forms. The Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas also has a permanent installation of Dale Chihuly's glass flowers on the ceiling of the reception area which is well worth seeing.
As well as the clusters of flowers, I also love the huge, bright green cactus like sculptures that he creates. I find it remarkable that something so fragile as glass is put on display outside in public gardens, with sculptures sprouting from the middle of water features or placed amongst the specimen plants. Some exhibitions have also been staged in public conservatories, one of which was the glass houses at Kew Gardens, London in 2005. I really wish I had known about his work then, as I would have loved to have seen the exhibition.
More details of Dale Chihuly, his work, permanent display pieces and forthcoming exhibitions are available on his website .... http://www.chihuly.com/home.aspx. I really recommend you take a look!
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