"Every time I visited the Citadel, I would imagine what I could do to enhance its glory and bring attention to its soul," says Dale Chihuly. In a very special tribute to the new millennium, Chihuly and his Seattle crew join forces with a team from Israel to create fourteen glass sculptures in Jerusalem’s ancient citadel, now the Tower of David Museum of the History of Jerusalem. The team competes with intense sun and strenuous physical demands to construct the sculptures. Early each morning, welders erect steel armatures to support the glass, and team members form a human chain and gently pass each glass part to its temporary home among the stones. Always at work, Chihuly continues to explore the Citadel, paints dozens of drawings, and increases the scale of the sculptures to balance the power of the fortress. Chihuly creates his most radical work yet: the forty-four-foot-high Crystal Mountain, a jagged face of pink crystals shining almost translucent in the sun. The Blue Tower soars against a wall, Red and Yellow Spears point toward the sky, and Niijima Floats nestle in an excavation of an ancient village. Chihuly has transformed the Citadel into a garden of modern color and celebration. Special Features: About The Artist (biography) Project Overview (including Team Chihuly) Drawings & Faxes (drawing video, including stills of drawings and faxes) Glassblowing (Jerusalem Cylinders, Hebron Vessels, Japanese Floats, and Finnish Spears) Directed by Peter West and produced by Portland Press, © 1999 Portland Press. All rights reserved. Length: 58 minutes As seen on public television.
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