It’s hard to get a feel for the size, but those icy glass sculptures are at least 6 feet tall.
Apparently Dale Chihuly also did some basketweaving before becoming probably the most famous glass artist ever. Some of his early glassworks resemble baskets.
I took pictures of nearly every single thing in this gallery. I apologize if it gets a little monotonous! I thought it was all wonderful.
This is a ceiling!
I took tons of pictures of the ceiling.
I considered laying on the floor to get a great photo of more of it at once! But I would have gotten walked on because everyone was looking up and not looking where they were going!
Hmmm, I think that’s a spoon in this next one. Is that a spoon? How is there a spoon in the ceiling exhibit? What do you think – art or spoon?
I finally dragged myself away from the ceiling, but promptly got completely entranced with this lily pond. It is amazing how well the gallery designed the background exhibit space and lighting to really show off the glass art. This exhibit is in the center of the room and there were numerous people walking around it, but you’d never know it from the pictures.
I reluctantly left the lily pond room to discover – boatloads of glass!
The next room was – wow – bowls?
They look like alien flowers.
And then – the glasshouse! An enormous suspended vine of glass flowers in a greenhouse.
With the Space Needle visible through the windows.
There were also outdoor exhibits integrated with the landscaping.
It was actually a fairly small gallery, but I loved it all and took pictures of everything. I guess you don’t have to go yourself now. There’s almost nothing else left to see!
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