World of Glass: The Art of Dale Chihuly

World of Glass: The Art of Dale Chihuly book cover — CONTENTS PROLOGUE FOLLOWING YOUR NOSE 1 CHAPTER 1 CHILDHOOD DAYS 4 CHAPTER 2 GROWING UP OR WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS 9 CHAPTER 3 TURNING POINT 12 CHAPTER 4 CHALLENGES 19 CHAPTER 5 BLOWBLOWBLOW 22 CHAPTER 6 WHAT IS A SERIES HOW DOES IT WORK 28 CHAPTER 7 GLASSHOUSES GARDENS ANCIENT SITES AND NEW ONES 36 CHAPTER 8 THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME 46 NOTES 52 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 54 WHERE TO SEE ARTWORKS BY DALE CHIHULY 55 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 58 INDEX 59

World of Glass: The Art of Dale Chihuly — page 1 — Dale Chihuly Nuutajärvi Finland 1995

World of Glass: The Art of Dale Chihuly — page 2 — PROLOGUE FOLLOWING YOUR NOSE I think water inspires extraordinary creativity Dale Chihuly 1995 Dale Chihuly stood on a bridge in Finland holding a bright blue piece of glass bigger than a watermelon He and his expert American glassblowers had spent days working in tandem with the team at Nuutajärvi a historic Finnish glass factory Come on sweetheart he crooned to the glass One two three He heaved it into the slow-moving river where it hit with a splash and settled The glass didn’t break It floated and Dale gleefully tossed another piece over the bridge railing LEFT Collecting Cobalt Belugas from river rock Nuutajärvi Finland 1995 RIGHT Leslie Jackson and Dale Chihuly Nuutajärvi Finland 1995 1

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