What is Chihuly Garden and Glass?
Chihuly Garden and Glass is quite an intriguing name for a place, is it not? It’s actually a museum in Seattle that showcases glass artworks of Dale Chihuly, a local artist (he’s from the neighbouring city of Tacoma, to be precise) with nationwide fame for his work. His works are not restricted to the galleries — of which there are nine — but it flows out to the outdoors and a glass house in the premises. Hence the name — Chihuly Garden and Glass.
All the things Dale Chihuly has managed to create by blowing glass is awe-inspiring. The shapes and sizes these glass sculptures come in! So much art here. So much skill displayed, here.
Here’s a sample of Dale Chihuly’s creativity and experiments with molten glass.
Until I visited Chihuly Garden and Glass, I hadn’t imagined that blown glass could be crafted into these proportions. Honestly, the glass sculptures were pretty mind-blowing. This post just had to be put it into Tipsy from the TRIP’s Manmade Marvels category.
I remember being so in awe of the craft here. I was also impressed with all the colours and the lighting that defined each of these exhibits. And when I was going through the pictures I brought back I realized I’m still amazed by these creations. Boy! wasn’t it difficult trying to pick out the pictures for this post!
Before I wrap up, let me also show you two more photos of some not-so-small pieces of art from Chihuly Garden and Glass. One is from the outdoors — the Garden and the other one is from the glass house.
Some parking info. to take note of, before your visit to Chihuly Garden and Glass:
- Chihuly Garden in Glass is just beside the famous Space Needle. It is pretty much in the same compound.
- That also means that when you park here, you can visit places.
- If I remember correctly, they even have Valet Parking available here.
If you’d like to know more about the artist — Dale Chihuly
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Thank you for sharing these beautiful captures. I have been there once a couple of years ago and I love that museum. I would love to return for another visit. I can never get enough of Chihuly’s art.
The work in there is truly amazing.
Thank YOU. 🙂
Amazingly creative work!
I swear! 🙂
Unbelievable! I never knew such kind of artwork existed before your post. Thanks for sharing.
I’d seen videos of people making things like vases and show pieces by blowing glass but the possibilities exhibited here amazed me. I’m glad you got to know about blown glass art, here. 🙂
Thank you for visiting, Neeraj. 🙂
Wowwww! This is absolutely mind blowing. Glad to know about it.
The exhibits here are quite big. It was nice to see all that one could do with some molten glass. 🙂
It was difficult to pick out images for this post. 😀
Thank you for coming this way, Nomad. 🙂
Very cool
Isn’t it? 🙂
Welcome here, KB. 🙂
Superb pics!
Thank you. 🙂
Never heard about such an art work, its interesting, nice captures, thanks for sharing.
Thank you for letting me know and thank you for sharing this post, Jyotirmoy. 🙂
That is awesome 🙂
So artistic, no?
Thank you for stopping by, JD. 🙂