CHIHULY GARDENS & GLASS DVD

Product Description

Dale Chihuly's decades of exploring the relationship of glass and nature reached a zenith in 2002 at Chicago's historic Garfield Park Conservatory. But when did it truly begin? In Finland in 1995, or at Sleeping Lady in 1996? Or earlier, when Dale Chihuly was just a young boy in his mother's garden? The seeds for Chihuly in the Park: A Garden of Glass were sown in half dozen different nations, and this DVD explores the creative process that ultimately led to this extraordinary installation of glass in one of America's largest and oldest glasshouses. Follow behind the scenes as Chihuly and his team create and install glass sculptures among the plants at the revitalized urban conservatory. Ultimately, over 600,000 people visit what may be the perfect setting to experience Chihuly's organic work.

Chapter 1: Chihuly at work
Chapter 2: Garfield Park Conservatory
Chapter 3: Crystal Palace
Chapter 4: Finland, 1995
Chapter 5: Sleeping Lady, 1996
Chapter 6: Back in Chicago
Chapter 7: In the glass shop, 2002
Chapter 8: Gardens and Glass

Special Features
Chihuly Gardens & Glass Trailer, an introduction to the film;
Potatoes & Bamboo, a thirty-minute expansion of the 2002 Pino Signoretto blow;
Postcard Collection, a closer look at Chihuly's personal collection of vintage hand-colored glasshouse postcards; and
Tour the Exhibition, a focus on the installations of Chihuly in the Park: A Garden of Glass.

Directed by Peter West and produced by Portland Press.
2004 Portland Press.
All rights reserved.
Length: 60 minutes, with an additional 30 minutes of special features.
International Users: NTSC Multiplayer DVD System Required.

Preview the Quicktime trailer.
This DVD is also available as part of the Chihuly DVD Collection.
See the Gardens and Glass hardcover book, note cards, and postcards.
For photos, video and essays about Chihuly exhibitions in garden settings, visit the Gardens and Glass section of the Chihuly website.