Google Dale Chihuly to see all his fabulous art work and some videos of works in progress.For a better look, please click on photo to enlarge.
Thursday, December 07, 2006
JELLYFISH??
No, this is the stunning ceiling at the Belliago Hotel. As the final picture in my Las Vegas series I thought I would show you this amazing work of art. The glass sculpure is created by Dale Chihuly. Chihuly states that Steve Wynn talked to him about making the art piece for the Bellagio before construction had even begun on the Hotel. He wanted a spectacular piece for the lobby. Back in Seattle the artist built the entire 70 x 30 foot ceiling, full scale in his studio. The commission, as contracted called for a whole new armature type and about 1000 new "flowers." When FIORI DI COMO was finally installed there were over 2000 handblown glass elements.
Google Dale Chihuly to see all his fabulous art work and some videos of works in progress.
For a better look, please click on photo to enlarge.
Google Dale Chihuly to see all his fabulous art work and some videos of works in progress.For a better look, please click on photo to enlarge.
Absolutely incredible. I can't imagine how beautiful a whole ceiling would be. This has been a great series of photos.
ReplyDeleteChihuly is my flat-out favorite glass artist! Seeing one of his exhibits is always awesome as is this photo!!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool. I love the colours
ReplyDeleteFirst time visitor to your site! Having viewed the first page, I think I know what I'll be doing the rest of the day!
ReplyDeleteVery very cool images-and I love the Jellyfish!
Wow -- now that is impressive! and extremely beautiful... Must get to Vegas some day...
ReplyDeletesuperbe, et vraiment impressionnant. tres belle creation. tres belle photo
ReplyDeletesuperb, and really impressive. very beautiful creation. very beautiful photograph
That is a fnatastic peice on the ceiling there. I have a couple of shots I took there a couple years back. Truly a great work in that media. Thanks for visiting and commenting on my blog.
ReplyDeleteAmazing colors!
ReplyDeleteIf I could put in an order of who I'd like to be reincarnated as (forgive the grammar here), it would be Dale Chihuly with all his talent. It sounds like Kate and I are avid fans of his, and you too.
ReplyDeleteGreat series of photos! Enjoyed each and every one...
ReplyDeleteNow I will google Chihuly to see where else might I see his work.
Such a cool picture!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I saw your comment on Salty Dawg's blog re. not being able to post comments, and I've had the same problem with Beta bloggers. It'll be downloading comments and all of a sudden they'll disappear!
But I found something that works: if you click on the time of posting (eg 1:00pm) rather than the comments link, the comments wil pop up no problem.
Just thought I'd pass it on!:-)
Thanks Luce, for the advice. I will give it a try.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone for all of your nice comments.
Have a great weekend.
Interesting!
ReplyDeleteGreat colors too...
That is so very beautiful.
ReplyDeletelovely shot,colours look great...!
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely stunning!!!
ReplyDeleteThe ceiling is impressive. When I visited that hotel I made sure I got a photo of it also. I took a photo of my wife and used the ceiling as the background.
ReplyDeletewow! taking a closer look, its feast to the eyes..am sure the real thing is amzing but thos photo is doing it justice!
ReplyDeleteVery nice. Love the colors.
ReplyDeletewow! I saw something like this back in flickr but this is fantastic.
ReplyDeletesurrealistic beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI have seen this in Bellagio, the entire place is stunning, but this "show" certainly stands out and remains in my memories. Thanks for the photo, it's lovely!
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