While we were in sunny Las Vegas, it was on my list to see Dale Chihuly's work at The Bellagio Hotel & Casino. The Bellagio is a magnificent hotel known for elaborate art sculptures and a spectacular water fountain show, featured in many movies like "Oceans Eleven".
Who is Dale Chihuly? He is a Seattle artist famous for his blown glass. He has created glass masterpieces for exhibits and locations around the world. He was commissioned to design and create a blown glass arrangement to fill the ceiling above The Bellagio lobby:
According to Chihuly, they built the entire 70' x 30' ceiling, full-scale, at his Seattle studio. When the final product, named "Fiori Di Como", was installed-- it contained over two thousand hand-blown glass "flowers". WOW!
Next to the lobby was a lovely atrium that is redecorated each season of the year. While we were there, it featured a garden-theme with hot air balloons floating above...
Everything was colorful and larger than life. It was amazing!
Flowers were mixed in with garden insects, garden tools and even a garden snail:
Floral bumblebees hovered above your head as they prepared to land on gigantic glass flowers:
Bill and I were snapping photos like crazy...
It was a visual treat...
We eventually made it back inside to gaze at that lovely blown glass ceiling one more time:
It was oh so beautiful....
I adore blown glass. (sigh!)
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