Violets

The insect youth are on the wing,

Eager to taste the honied spring... 

~excerpt  from Ode on the Spring by Thomas Gray

 a silk velvet scrunchie I tie dyed

cultured veggies my son and I made  (I blogged about it HERE.)

a major Dale Chihuly installation at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, in 2009 (I blogged about it HERE.)

Thus ends my homework assignment on the letter "V."  Do go visit the other students.  Join in, too!  I'm linking up with my favorite teacher, Ms Jenny Matlock HERE!  

 photos by me © 2009-2012    all rights reserved

G is for....

glass, Chihuly glass!

In the Spring of 2009, I was privileged to visit the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.  What an amazingly gorgeous place!    During this time, there was a major Dale Chihuly glass installation, The Nature of Glass.

The above two photos are details of this ↓

The Sun by Dale Chihuly

This work consisted of 1200 pieces of glass mounted on a 550 pound armature.

Chihuly speaks about himself and his work ↑

LINKS:

Desert Botanical Garden  

Chihuly exhibit at the Desert Botanical Garden (November 22, 2008 ~ May 31, 2009) --includes more glass photos

Dale Chihuly website  

possible future exhibit in Seattle

interesting short biography of Chihuly

short video of installing The Sun
There are a bazillion videos of Chihuly and his works on youtube

This is a fun weekly meme, under the direction of Jenny Matlock.  This week, our letter is "G."  Come and join HERE. You will be amazed at all the bloggy goodness to be found!  Here is Ms. Matlock's submission.  You will notice that she is bending the rules just a bit this week.  er....well....maybe it's really just her gwanddaughter!  
Now go visit!  (please)




photos by me © 2009