Chihuly in Grand Rapids

June 21.

In May of this year we popped over to Meijer Gardens to check out the latest Dale Chihuly indoor and outdoor glass exhibitions.  Some years ago we had the wonderful experience of seeing an outdoor exhibition of Chihuly's fantastic glass art at Kew Gardens in London and when we learned there was to be a brand new exhibition right across the street we jumped at the chance.

While we didn't see all the outdoor work -- we hope to rectify that in the coming weeks -- what we did see outdoors was lovely. And the indoor pieces were simply incredible.

Ikebana

Example of the collections of early glass baskets:

the Persians

The Fax Room, wallpaper of Dale Chihuly faxes consisting of his sketches, ideas and drawings from the 1990s:

Rotolo

We walked outside with map in hand to track down several of the outdoor glass installations.

Chartreuse Icicle Tower

Walla Wallas (as in the onions)

Turquoise Reeds

Mottled Trumpet Flowers and Plum Feathers

Blue Polyvitro Crystals at the Waterfalls

Cattails and Copper Birch Reeds

Go see for yourself.