Colorful Glass Art by Dale Chihuly
Glass-blowing is an art form that I would consider to be the most complex in the sculpting world. Between the need for extreme temperatures and careful technique, it seems beyond me how such wonderful things can be created by glass-working artists, especially because it almost entirely has to be done while the glass is molten hot.
But what can come out of that heat is incredibly beautiful. From paperweights to landscape art, glass is a world of all shapes -- and colours. Considered the greatest living master of glass-working, Dale Chihuly's glass creations show us just that. From warm yellow and bold reds to oceanic teals and deep sky blues, the spectrum of his work is boundless. Looking at Chihuly's collection of Basket creations and Seaforms is enough to show us his extensive colour palette, while his work plays at the pre-conceived notions we have of what glass is.
Glass and Gardens
But it's not like Chihuly to work on a small scale. With dozens of installations across the country, he's made wonderfully vivid designs to temporarily stand in the famed botanical gardens. Part of the series Glass and Gardens visited New York's Botanical Gardens last year and the glass creations range from floral look-alikes to dazzling sun-inspired chandeliers. Seen below are some photos of his work in New York.
To observe more of Chihuly's masterful creations and learn about the man behind the coloured glass, visit his website or find an installation near you to bask in appreciation of their form and vivid colours.
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groutboy
indiethought
Wombat
urbanlatinfemale
retsof
Another is in the Library in San Antonio TX and is multicolored, like red, yellow green chili-peppers, but I haven't seen that one.
MattyD
fazai38
lizcrimson
i did this palette a little over a year ago:
fridaythe13th
if anyone else is interested in another type of glass art that is very different from this, but still just as colourful and beautiful please go to:
Smashed Glass Mosaics
OogeyBoogey
I have no opinions of him personally but some of what comes out of his studio, I do like. I no longer consider him an artist in that from what I can gather, he isn't involved intimately in the creation of the work. He has 150 people in his studio, that isn't intimate. To me, the artist, to be an artist, has to be involved specifically in a creation and not just a diagram. Even Matisse when he was Ill, cut out paper shapes in bed and had an assistant paste them up, but he was there day in and day out involved in making a specific piece.
That said, I do like the work I see here.
bijouloveshues
his art is indeed amazing, but I hate it when a reputation or ego eclipses the work.
klip
The whole issues of owning ideas and designs is so problematic.
ms
urbanlatinfemale
lulusartshack
As for issue of having so many people working for him, not being intimately involved, etc, any major glass studio that produces mass quantities of pieces involves a lot of people and it is more about craftsmanship and skill than artistry. It takes a team of people to handle just one piece. Anyways, it's about the glass, not the people.
Linsomnia
Yes I've heard he is like MattyD wrote. But it didn't detract from the beauty of the finished installations .
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Linsomnia
Yes I've heard he is like MattyD wrote. But it didn't detract from the beauty of the finished installations .Sometimes you care about the process. The journey the artist takes and the narrative that develops But in this case the result is so impressive you just don't care who or how they did it, you're just glad that they shared it.
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