Drawings
The Seaforms seemed to come about by accident, as much of my work does—by chance. By blowing the pieces into ribbed molds, it gave them more strength. Then the Baskets started looking like sea forms, so I changed the name of the series to Seaforms, which suited me just fine in that I love to walk along the beach and go to the ocean. And glass itself, of course, is so much like water, it almost ends up looking like something that came from the sea.
-Chihuly
-Chihuly
Chihuly enjoys the process of blowing glass, the spontaneity of it. It is the same with his drawings, they are full of energy reflected in swathes of colour, mapping the lines of shells
and other sea-forms.
and other sea-forms.
"Watching the process of glass blowing and the effect of gravity on the hot and supple materials is like witnessing a time-lapse recording of proliferating sea life, the glass forms germinating like palpable living organisms."
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describe these works?
describe these works?
Dale Chihuly began blowing glass as a student in the early 1960s. He has created different themes in his artwork. His pieces have taken on forms found in everyday objects and nature.
Chihuly is famous for the art and craft of glass-blowing and glass sculpture.
Glass-blowing is a process that involves inflating molten glass into a bubble through a blow-pipe.
Glass-blowing is a process that involves inflating molten glass into a bubble through a blow-pipe.
Are these natural or made forms?
Do these sculptures and drawings look realistic?
Do these sculptures and drawings look realistic?