Museum of Glass

E and D took is to the Museum of Glass in Tacoma today. we watched these artisans make a glass pitcher.

Tacoma is Dale Chihuly's hometown. Here is one of his pieces at the museum ...

and another.

This was a "taco cat" made by a glass artist based on a kid's drawing.

All glass - the paint, the brushes, the tubes.

Glass ...

and more glass.

This is the "Venetian Wall," an 80-foot-long installation housing 109 individual showcases on the Chihuly Bridge of Glass.

This is Chihuly's "Seaform Pavilion," a 15-meter-long covered portion of the bridge suspending 2,364 pieces of marine-life inspired glass on the ceiling overhead.

These Chihuly "Crystal Towers" are 40-feet tall. The building is the U.S. Courthouse which used to be Union Station. You can see a Chihuly installation through the arched front windows. Suspended from the center of the domed ceiling is one of Chihuly's most breathtaking pieces, a 20-foot chandelier consisting of over 2,700 multi-colored, balloon-like glass globes. It's on the National Register of Historic Places.