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Jul 24, 2011
Chihuly Collection St. Petersburg
As a Interior Designer and an artist - Amazing and spectacular!!
The Chihuly Collection is a must see.
I had the pleasure recently to meet up with some fellow
blogger and twitter friends for dinner and a special private tour of the Morean
Art Center’s Chihuly Collection. Upon our arrival at the Chihuly Collection, we
were greeted by Wayne David Atherholt, Director of Marketing & Communications
at The Morean Arts Center. Our tour began as we were escorted thru the large over-sized metal pivoting door, as a lover of architecture and all things design, my
attention was captured and was I was immediately drawn into the Chihuly
Collection exhibition space.
As Atherholt began our private tour he explained to us that the
exhibit space was designed using only natural materials for all the surfaces
inside the Chihuly space, as was visually evident accompanied by the light
scent from the beautiful raw cedar walls.
Each room flowed into the next and as you walked thru the space you were
drawn to the next gallery space in a circular manner with glimpses of what was
ahead leading you forward and peeking thru openings behind you.
It is a most amazing and truly a marvel to see in person!
Our Group - Kenna Miller, Eric Miller, Carmen Christensen, Paul Anater, Tom Wiebe, Michelle Wiebe, Jeremy Parcels & Ginny Powell.
DALE
CHIHULY – Biograhpy
(Biography compliments of Chihuly website)
Born in 1941 in Tacoma, Washington,
Dale Chihuly was introduced to glass while studying interior design at the
University of Washington. After graduating in 1965, Chihuly enrolled in the
first glass program in the country, at the University of Wisconsin. He
continued his studies at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), where he
later established the glass program and taught for more than a decade.
In 1968, after receiving a Fulbright
Fellowship, he went to work at the Venini glass factory in Venice. There he
observed the team approach to blowing glass, which is critical to the way he
works today. In 1971, Chihuly cofounded Pilchuck Glass School in Washington
State. With this international glass center, Chihuly has led the avant-garde in
the development of glass as a fine art.
His work is included in more than
200 hundred museum collections worldwide. He has been the recipient of many
awards, including ten honorary doctorates and two fellowships from the National
Endowment for the Arts.
Chihuly has created more than a
dozen well-known series of works, among them Cylinders and Baskets
in the 1970s; Seaforms, Macchia, Venetians, and Persians
in the 1980s; Niijima Floats and Chandeliers in the 1990s; and Fiori
in the 2000s. He is also celebrated for large architectural installations. In
1986, he was honored with a solo exhibition, Dale Chihuly objets de verre,
at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Palais du Louvre, in Paris. In 1995, he began
Chihuly Over Venice, for which he created sculptures at glass factories
in Finland, Ireland, and Mexico, then installed them over the canals and
piazzas of Venice.
In 1999, Chihuly mounted a
challenging exhibition, Chihuly in the Light of Jerusalem; more than 1
million visitors attended the Tower of David Museum to view his installations.
In 2001, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London curated the exhibition Chihuly
at the V&A. Chihuly’s lifelong affinity for glasshouses has grown into
a series of exhibitions within botanical settings. His Garden Cycle
began in 2001 at the Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago. Chihuly exhibited
at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, near London, in 2005. Other major exhibition
venues include the de Young Museum in San Francisco, in 2008, and the Museum of
Fine Arts, Boston, in 2011.
Jul 21, 2011
My Home, My Time2Design
This Brew Express coffee maker arrived today for Time2Design's new Model Showroom installation. It hooks directly to a water line, all you have to do is add coffee. Great way to save counter space and not have to fuss with getting water to make coffee. Available for purchase from Time2Design.
Jul 19, 2011
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