I’ve always said that if I had any talent whatsoever in sculpting, the medium I would choose to work with would be glass. I just love how really talented artists play with its transparent/translucent properties, and how it can be melted & made to flow organically.
I felt like I should have been wearing a scuba tank, flippers and a BC vest. Which, come to think of it, would not be out of place during the regular Seattle Rain Festival Jan.-Dec. every year. Boom!
It is very hard not to want to walk through these dioramas.
Little kids passing by were imitating the stoner-dude turtles of “Finding Nemo.” I’ll admit it – I kinda was too.
I kept thinking, “Man, if there’s an earthquake, this is going to be messy.” Then I stopped and just appreciated.
I had to hold my camera above my head to see this. Feels like a little special Easter Egg for all us tall folks.
Anyway, in Seattle, next to the Space Needle, the Chihuly Garden and Glass museum is filled with these amazing creations. Years ago, I saw an amazing documentary about Dale Chihuly, and how he had filled the canals in Venice with these amazing glass sculptures for a festival. It’s famous as the first documentary for PBS that was shot in HD, and you can view some of it over on Vimeo.
Snake in the bamboo.
Squidbait.
LIttle cockleshells, all in a row.
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