Gardens of Glass

Dale Chihuly, Gardens of Glass, Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago, 2002

Glass. I have now blown glass three times. I have made paperweights, small vases and most recently a Roman bottle. Blowing glass is magical. The medium, molten glass, is essentially liquid. You're sculpting with liquid. It is seductive, and moves like thick honey, constantly moving until it cools to about 900 degrees, and the moment freezes in the glass.