Garden and Glass

Experiencing Chihuly’s inspiration and influences

Chihuly Garden and Glass offers a look at the inspiration and influences that inform the career of artist Dale Chihuly, with an exhibition that includes eight galleries, a centerpiece glasshouse, and a lush garden. A truly magnificent feast for the eyes!

A large, intricate glass sculpture in blue features swirling shapes resembling underwater plants and seashells. The piece stands indoors against gray industrial lockers, with a fire extinguisher and scattered objects adding to the garden-like display.
A woman wearing glasses, a black jacket, and black pants stands indoors, looking up at an intricate glass garden display of colorful sculptures arranged by color. Sunlight streams in from windows above, illuminating the vibrant glass art around her.
A view of the Seattle Space Needle seen through a glass ceiling, with vibrant red, orange, and yellow glass flower sculptures hanging overhead in the Chihuly Garden and Glass exhibit, reflecting sunlight against the blue sky.
A close-up of a vibrant, intricate blown glass sculpture featuring swirling, curved forms in bright red hues with translucent and glossy surfaces, creating a dynamic abstract pattern. Light reflects off the garden-inspired glass, highlighting its smooth finish.
A close-up of an intricate glass sculpture in a garden, featuring swirling, translucent golden and clear glass tendrils, resembling organic forms or sea creatures, with glossy surfaces reflecting light from multiple angles.
A close-up of a vibrant glass sculpture in a garden, featuring swirling, twisted tendrils in shades of blue, clear, and purple. The intricate, smooth glass forms interweave to create a dynamic and detailed abstract pattern.
A person wearing a flat cap, sunglasses, and gray clothes holds a long metal rod with hot, red molten glass at the end in a glassblowing studio, surrounded by industrial equipment and tables as furnaces glow orange like a fiery garden in the background.
Two people work in an industrial glassblowing studio. One, in a cap and safety glasses, shapes molten glass on a rod near the furnace. The other, wearing sunglasses, stands by the oven door. Tools and glass mugs are on a worktable in the foreground.
Two men work in a spacious, well-lit glassblowing studio. One holds a long rod with a red-hot glass blob, while the other gestures as if giving directions. Both wear casual clothes and hats among an array of tools, shaping what might become stunning garden glass art.
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