Toward the Sky

Seattle, Washington ~ November 6, 2014

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Purple and Gold Chihuly

Tacoma, Washington ~ May 21, 2004

Dale Chihuly Art, Bridge of Glass

Weekend Reflections

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Mudpuppy and Octopus

Tacoma, Washington ~ May 21, 2004

By Dale Chihuly on the Bridge of Glass

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Glass and Sky

Tacoma, Washington ~ May 21, 2004

Dale Chihuly sculpture

on the Bridge of Glass

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Chihuly Reflected

Tacoma, Washington ~ May 23, 2005

Weekend Reflections

The shiny floor and dark interior of Union Station created a wonderful atmosphere for this reflection of Dale Chihuly's organic glass art. The station was closed, but we crossed the nearby Bridge of Glass, seen here and here in earlier posts.

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Bridge of Glass, part 2

Tacoma, Washington ~ May 21, 2004
In December, I showed a detail of Dale Chihuly's Bridge of Glass, but this photo is more of an in situ shot. Here you can see that the fantastic blown glass shapes (mostly sea life) are resting on the clear ceiling with light provided by the sky above.

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Bridge of Glass

Tacoma, Washington ~ May 21, 2004

These blown glass shapes are what you see when you look skyward inside Dale Chihuly's Bridge of Glass in Tacoma. It's literally a covered section of a bridge across the highway, and this is its ceiling. To look up plunges a person into a wonderland of delight. When I saw it for the first time, I couldn't believe I'd never heard of it before. Where had I been? Another artist, Christo, is so famous for wrapping things (including bridges) which I find only mildly interesting. This, on the other hand, was something more people should know about. I suppose it doesn't get the press because it's only beautiful and not that weird or huge.