Seattle’s Garden and Glass Museum showcases the magical worlds created by glass artist Dale Chihuly.
Chihuly creates huge glass wonderlands,
resembling hallucinatory under-seascapes,
full of phantasmagorical deep-sea creatures.
Mirrors create reflective visions like crystalline creatures from outer space.
There are magic mushrooms,
glowing like alien forms,
in surreal secret gardens.
Visiting here one feels much like Alice with a two-way ticket to wonderland!
Cheers to you from the inventive worlds of Dale Chihuly~
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Beautiful and highly unusual.
It is both of these things. Highly imaginative. I am pleased it captured your interest & cheers to you Patricia~ <3
Gorgeous! Love the colours and shapes. Amazing how the artist is able to create this beauty:)
Some of the pieces are so large and so perfectly thin. It must be difficult to make these~
Beautiful photos of his artworks, Cindy! Chihuly is great artist and has an enormous vision.
Agreed, and thank you Amy! <3
einfach super toll, liebe Cindy, alles Gute für die kommende Woche
Vielen Dank mein lieber Freund. Hab eine groBartige Woche!
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Vielen Dank und beste Grüße kommen von mir zu dir
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I often wow on your posts, but that deserves a WOW!
Awww, I am honored. Thank you sincerely!
My pleasure. 🙂
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OMG, Wow, do I love this! Amazing photos, Cindy. :O)
So happy you do love this! It is so full of positive energy and feeling. I love it too~
It’s just brilliant creativity and very beautiful too.
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Those are wonderful.
Very happy you think so & cheers to you!
Stunning! I would love to see one of his displays.
There are 200 worldwide, so you could google to see when you would be close to one of them. Hope you do visit so I can see your photos!
Oh Cindy, what a visual delight! Watching a glass blower is like watching magic…the objects they’re able to create are truly amazing!
The ones in the Czech Republic were the most amazing I have ever seen. They create such intricate, complicated pieces. It is an amazing art form!
Cindy, I love normal glass work so this is pure heaven! Why oh why does it have to be so far away?? The under sea landscape one is psychedelic. Absolutely stunning – I would love to see the manufacture of such large items; astonishing the size of them.
Yes the size is what most impressed me too and the perfect thin-ness of these huge pieces. It must be very hard to do this. Google Chihuly exhibits. He has exhibitions in 200 locations worldwide. Maybe, hopefully, there might be one closer to you~
Thank you for that – he has work at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and we were going to the capital anyway – a small detour now! Can’t wait to see some in real life.
Oh, I am so excited and looking forward to your post on this! Wonderful museum so I imagine it will be quite well done.
I was there last year, Cindy. What a place! It was a rainy afternoon so I didn’t see the outdoor area in all its glory, but the indoor displays were magical! One of THE places to go in Seattle 🙂
Yes! I agree with everything you say here. It was raining when we visited too, so I was concerned the garden shots wouldn’t work, but due to Chihuly’s genius with color, they happily did. They significantly brighten a cloudly Seattle day!
Chihuly is amazing! I will try to take in this exhibit if I ever get back to Seattle. But I like the way Chihuly’s works pop up everywhere, when you least expect it. I’ve seen his work scattered at the Chicago Botanic Gardens, Desert Bot. Garden in Phoenix, at the Children’s Museum in Indianapolis, Garfield Park in Chicago, etc.
Kew Gardens in London. He has 200 exhibits worldwide!
BTW, these pictures are spectacular!
Thanks, he makes an impression, doesn’t he!
Cindy these are awesome!! I love blown glass designs. What a feast for the eyes!
Thank you. The outdoor shots were in the rain, so it gives you an idea of how brilliantly he uses color!
I love Chihuly’s artwork – this is a beautiful post featuring it! Thank you for sharing one of Seattle’s home-grown artists…kudos!
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Thank you, as always, for being awesome! <3
Ah! Cindy!! I LOVE HIS WORK!! One day I will get to see it in person 🙂 Thanks for sharing ♡
I want to hear your impressions when you do & cheers to you Lorrie~
Wow!
Love that word!
Astonishing. I love the joie-de-vivre in blue outdoor sculpture.
His work is full of the joy of life isn’t it!
I went to the Seattle Chihuly Gardens and Museum and loved it. Is it the same place? Lovely photos…
It is indeed and so glad you were there! We also rode the ferris wheel the same day! Woo Hoo!
Wow what gorgeous works of art! Hugz Lisa and Bear
They derfinitely get your attention don’t they!
Wow… It is a real hand made beauty!
Yes, remarkable isn’t it!
For sure it is!
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I’ve seen his work at other gardens, I imagine his museum would be fantastic. He’s a creative genius!
Agreed (as always!) <3
Great place, Cindy! I will definitely visit it. I’m a big fan of his. The colors look marvelous. They are so varied and intense.
They even make a rainy Seattly day pop with brightness!
Definitely. How large are the glass pieces in the first 2 shots?
la vita è un gioco di colori, bisogna saperli cogliere e farli sorridere come fai tu con le tue meravigliose immagini
grazie per la gioia che mi dai
Amo le persone che non hanno paura del colore! Grazie mille mio caro amico. È illuminato i miei giorni! Abbracci! <3
Hi Cindy, love love love your art.. fantastic..
hugs
Sherri
You as an artist, can appreciate the talent of Chihuly. Thank you~ <3
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gorgeous work Cindy
Hugs & blessings Sherri~ <3
Fantastic things
So happy you enjoy them!
Fully “exploited” the freedom of this art movement, for which he became popular
His artworks are Firework in Glass
Wunderschön wünsche eine gute Woche lieber Gruß von mir Gislinde
Danke mein lieber Gislinde! Haben Sie eine schone Woche!
Wow! Such a beautiful and magical collection of glass creations to stir the heart and imagination. Did you get to play with Alice? XD
I wish! She would be incredibly fun to explore wonderland with!
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I love the glass artwork and sculptures of Dale Chihuly…Cindy captures these pieces perfectly! Thank you for sharing – they’re perfect!
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Oh my gosh! Absolutely stunning artistry. What a thrill to see such beauty up close. I have never heard of creations like these. Thank you for introducing me to them, <3
They really do create quite an impression. I am very glad you enjoyed them. Sending cheers & hugs to you Nancy~
Saw his exhibition in Kew Gardens, London. Brilliant.
I have been hearing from bloggers about this. I can well imagine it made an impact. I would love to have seen this~
WoW! Very amazing, Cindy!
They were doing this in ancient Egypt!
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Hugs to you and happy week!
These vibrant colors and your vibrant photographs are striking!
I am honored. Thank you!
Wow, these photos are amazing! All the colors and creation done in glass is unbelievable! 🙂
Grazie mille. It is impressive escpecialy in terms of size and scope.
Indeed! 🙂
Crazy beautiful!
I bet he is a little bit of both! 😉
What beauty!
Merci beaucoup mon ami!
Lovely
Gracias~
I think I have seen this artists work a few other places. I think I was watching a home show once where the couple was gifted a chandler by him. I remember thinking how do you keep that clean!
But then perhaps in the house that it was in…they have someone else to do the cleaning! 🙂
Dusting these would be a major bear and must be a full time job!
Those colours are absolutely amazing, and what shapes! 🙂
I bet he was a very creative little kid! 😉
Magnificent. Such vibrant colors!!
Full of positive and life!
These are just gorgeous Cindy, I love the photos. 🙂
I am honored! Thank you & cheers~
So many wonderful colors! You took great photos 🙂 And YES that one does look like an alien a bit!
It looked like something from space or a more complex DNA molecule, or both. Definitely otherworldly!
Hi Cindy!! Love the glass set in the organic outdoor settings– makes it more vivid! It all sort of looks like the Dr Seuss of the glass world! Fun to see you off traveling– again!!! take care. xox
Oh, I love that, “Dr Suess of the glass world.” I grew up near Theodore, and climbed over his fence once to try and meet him!
Funny!! That would be awesome for a kids to see the real Dr. Seuss! I think we all feel connected to him trough his ubiquitous books!
Wow, very colorful and georgous imagination
Thank you for sharing Cindy
Kisses
Thank you more for your kind appreciation & cheers to you!
you are very welcome Cindy
Kisses
Wow and wow again. It’s all remarkable and fabulous.
It is not subtle either!
Amazing!!
Yay! Happy you think so~
This is a very beautiful post, Cindy. Love it!
So happy you do and thank you Isabel! <3
Wow, absolutely tunning photos, Cindy. I saw his work in a botanical garden in Florida some years ago and I loved it!
Ah, thanks so much. I heard from bloggers he had an exhibition in Kew Gardens. I would love to have seen that too. He gets around doesn’t he!
He sure does! You are doing quite well yourself! 👍🏻😘