Chihuly in July

After a beautiful wedding in the suburbs of Philadelphia, I traveled to Ipswitch, MA to spend some time with my Aunts.  One day we were able to go into Boston on the train (where us, southerns, cannot understand the conductors when they yell out the next train stop) and visit the Museum of Fine Arts.  It was a quick museum trip with the main attraction being Dale Chihuly's glass exhibit.

The exhibit entrance is planned so the viewer comes around a corner and is presented
with the beauty and drama of this glass collection

Pictured below is part of what I like to call the 'underwater scene'.  As the viewer walks around the room, each angle tells a different part of the story.  One section would be predominately warm tones with fiery reds and bright oranges in shapes and forms that twisted and turned, while further down would be an area with cool blues and gentle greens.

Below is the anchor piece to the room.  It was placed at the far end of the room entrance, making it so the viewer had to travel through an underwater adventure to make it to the Pièce de Résistance.

One room had a glass ceiling of glass, very similar to the famous ceiling at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. 

Glass ceiling looking upwards

The final scene in the Chihuly exhibit.

The rough birch tree trunks against the smooth glass tubes created a calm but conflicting feeling

It was a beautiful and inspiring exhibit that was showcased perfectly.  It contained element of surprise of what was around the next corner along with putting the viewer in total darkness besides the strong spotlights on the glass pieces.  Without these elements the exhibit would have not had the same impact.