Dale Chihuly

I think Dale Chihuly is awesome. My favorite piece of art by him is an emerald colored seaform with yellow lip wrap. It is beautiful, as is most of his work.

while he no longer makes pieces i have to say
everyone should be kissing dales feet for helping to start pilchuck
without pilchuck the glass art movement would be sooooooooooooooo different

His designs are great, but he was never a decent gaffer. I am a profesional glassblower, and I respect gaffers, not designers. my original point is that there are many, many more people in the glass community with much more talent than Dale. I am glad he is here, he has brought some fame to the art, but he is no glassblower.

I love his work, I think it is beautiful.

Would you guys mind carrying on your arguement in private?

I love the two bowls at 2:48 - Inspiring stuff. Lots of his more simple colour tech stuff realy shows of the shapes. Does anyone know what that interior colour might be?

Peace, Tank

And anyone that disagrees, is the one that needs to educate themselves as to the history of the american studio glass art movement.

A month ago Area13deadzone made a comment and everyone jump on him for telling the truth. If you are a student and really want the know, look at the similarities between Chihuly and Thomas Kinkade. Then start with Jamie Carpenter through Flora Mace up to present. Look at their pesonal work and Dales at the same time. He took their best ideas.
Look up all in Harveys "line" Lipofsky,Marquis etc. and all from Joel Myers "line" Janusz, Weinberg, Higer, DeeEdwards etc
& Pino, Lino, and Loredono

i could rattle off the entire blenko designer history if you want. I could extol the virtues of Kinkade's work, even comment on the similarities of their works. I could spin a research paper on Lipofsky's early work, and indeed have. Dick Marquis is a cane and murrine master, no question. My only point is this. Chihuly (a man whose work i don't generally like to look at) has an earned and deserved place among those names.

I'm glad you finally agreed with me. He earned a place right next to Thomas Kinkade.....
Cheers

you have proven that you're a moron writ large. go use one of those derringers on yourself and stop wasting my oxygen you pigheaded twit. im done with you.