The still photos are from the Atlanta Botanical gardens"Chihuly in the Garden" exhibit.
The video is of Saturday's Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade.
Okay, I can't seem to get the video to uopload
Trying to post from the phone is tricky
For me it is, anyway.
aren't his glass sculptures amazeballs? such talent!
ReplyDeleteWe've seen his exhibits, day and night, at the Fairchild Tropical Gardens in Miami, and we also saw his stuff out in Spokane. They're all so beautiful, and at night they're amazing.
ReplyDeleteThere is a Chihuly in the glass atrium of the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha. It is absolutely stunning and one of my favorite pieces in their sculpture collection. On the practical side as an ex-museum curator, take my word for it...it is probably a major bitch to clean. Can you imagine the high stress responsibility of that? Yikes!
ReplyDeleteJeez, I never thought about cleaning them. Are they not dishwasher- safe?
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ReplyDeleteActually, the dishwasher idea is not too far fetched. It comes apart one piece at a time. Of course that would take about a thousand wash cycles and copious amounts of pellets. If you're interested about the terror and method involve, I just found this Omaha World Herald article about who and how they clean it. I'm sure the technique...and terror, is true of all his pieces:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.omaha.com/news/there-s-a-science-behind-cleaning-joslyn-art-museum-sculpture/article_ce3f88b5-f3b2-552b-9002-62892825f2cd.html