DALE CHIHULY SCULPTOR, SEPTEMBER PRESENT (74) TACOMA, WASHINGTON, USA

CHIHULY WORKS IN GLASS WORKS IN GLASS KNOWN FOR MOVING THE MEDIUM OF GLASS INTO THE REALM OF LARGE SCALE SCULPTURE KNOWN FOR MOVING THE MEDIUM OF GLASS INTO THE REALM OF LARGE SCALE SCULPTURE

CHIHULY HE WAS NOT REALLY INTERESTED IN FURTHERING HIS STUDIES AFTER HS, BUT HIS MOM ENCOURAGED HIM TO GO TO COLLEGE HE BEGAN TO STUDY INTERIOR DESIGN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (1960)

CHIHULY THERE HE LEARNED TO MELT AND FUSE GLASS THERE HE LEARNED TO MELT AND FUSE GLASS HE BECAME INTERESTED, AND DECIDED TO STUDY ABROAD/ TRAVEL TO ITALY AND THE MIDDLE EAST TO LEARN MORE HE BECAME INTERESTED, AND DECIDED TO STUDY ABROAD/ TRAVEL TO ITALY AND THE MIDDLE EAST TO LEARN MORE HE THEN RETURNED TO HIS STUDIES… HE THEN RETURNED TO HIS STUDIES… ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON, WHO HAD THE FIRST GLASS PROGRAM IN THE U.S. (1965) HE EVEN EARNED HIS MASTERS IN SCULPTURE IN 1967.

HE WAS INVOLVED IN A BAD CAR ACCIDENT IN THE 1976 AND LOST VISION IN HIS LEFT EYE HE WAS INVOLVED IN A BAD CAR ACCIDENT IN THE 1976 AND LOST VISION IN HIS LEFT EYE HE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH GLASS UNTIL 1979 WHEN HE DISLOCATED HIS SHOULDER AND WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO HOLD UP THE INSTRUMENTS USED TO CREATE THE GLASS HE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH GLASS UNTIL 1979 WHEN HE DISLOCATED HIS SHOULDER AND WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO HOLD UP THE INSTRUMENTS USED TO CREATE THE GLASS CHIHULY

CHIHULY BECAUSE OF HIS SHOULDER INJURY HE HIRED ASSISTANTS AND DECIDED HE “LIKED THE VIEW” HE DESCRIBES HIMSELF NOW AS “MORE CHOREOGRAPHER, THAN DANCER”

CHIHULY HE SAYS MOVING AROUND THE ENTIRE WORK AND DIRECTING IT’S PRODUCTION ALLOWS HIM TO SEE IT FROM ALL ANGLES AND ANTICIPATE PROBLEMS FASTER HE SAYS MOVING AROUND THE ENTIRE WORK AND DIRECTING IT’S PRODUCTION ALLOWS HIM TO SEE IT FROM ALL ANGLES AND ANTICIPATE PROBLEMS FASTER

CHIHULY SEE HIS WORK RIGHT HERE IN PITTSBURGH AT PHIPPS CONSERVATORY (OAKLAND)

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