This weekend we went to Cheekwood --- an estate owned by the rich Cheek family back in the day. They donated their mansion and all the grounds and turned it into a museum. The Chihuly exhibit has been there for the last few months. It's a glass blowing exhibit and it was nothing short of amazing. We watched a short video of the people in the process of glass blowing. It takes a lot of people to make even just one piece and the pieces in the video were small. Some of these pieces at Cheekwood were HUGE. I have no idea how they were put together let alone how they get them to stay together.
In Rob's defense, the sun was right in his eyes, but he sure looks cute anyway. Here he is playing hide-n-seek amid the "blue heron" glass.
In Rob's defense, the sun was right in his eyes, but he sure looks cute anyway. Here he is playing hide-n-seek amid the "blue heron" glass.
The colorful balls are all blown glass on a bed of gravel. They looked like planets.
Close up of the planets.
The huge plate planet. How do you transport this thing?
These were some of my favorite. They are just so curly and fun! Plus they are in a fountain. I'll take one of these in my backyard please!
This one was called green and purple grass. I loved that it was placed right in the middle of a big patch of real purple-colored grass. (Do you like my hat?)
This is the biggest one we saw. It's like the Eiffel Tower of blown glass. How do they do this?
Rob in the bamboo garden. The Red pieces are all pieces of blown glass.
The squiggliest one of them all.
These ones were pretty cool just bobbing in the pond. I love all the bright colors. The waterfall was a cool effect too.
A boat full of glass.
He had pieces all over the place. Even in this fountain amidst statues. We were so glad we got a chance to go. Maybe I'll take up a new hobby soon :)
