Synopsis: Journey around the world with Dale Chihuly as he brings his grandest plans to fruition in this four-disc box set. Explore the relationship of nature and glass as Chihuly and his team work in a variety of outdoor locations, and then install glass among the lush flora at Chicago's Garfield Park Conservatory. Trace the dramatic events that lead up to Chihuly's 2001 exhibition at London's venerable Victoria and Albert Museum. Watch Chihuly's international team create a tribute to the new millennium in the ancient Tower of David in Jerusalem. Meet the two men Chihuly considers to be the world's greatest living glass sculptor and glassblower. A truly comprehensive collection, the Chihuly DVD Collection is a globe-trotting adventure that leads to greater understanding of the man and his art. Contains four titles: Chihuly Gardens & Glass:
Dale Chihuly's decades of exploring the relationship of glass and nature reach 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. Chihuly at the V&A:
In a devastating car accident in 1976, a young artist loses the use of one eye. In the years that follow, Dale Chihuly's talent for leading a team flourishes as he orchestrates glassblowing of a complexity previously unthinkable. His 2001 retrospective exhibition at the venerable Victoria and Albert Museum marks his triumphant return to London after years of study and development. Set in 2001 at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, this film follows Dale Chihuly as he fulfills his lifelong dream of exhibiting at the V&A and sets up this stunning show. The exhibition begins inside the rotunda with an extraordinary Chandelier commissioned by the V&A. Moving into the Medieval Treasury, an exuberant Persian Pergola is displayed alongside a fascinating and educational survey of Chihuly's glass series and drawings. Finally, venturing outside into the Pirelli Garden, large, site-specific installations fill the grounds with vivacious colors. Chihuly in the Light of Jerusalem:
As a tribute to the new millennium, Dale Chihuly leads a team that includes Americans, Israelis, and Palestinians in mounting sixteen large-scale installations in Jerusalem's ancient Tower of David. The exhibition draws over 1 million visitors, and its amazing success prompts Chihuly to return to Jerusalem with sixty-four tons of Alaskan ice to create the symbolic Wall of Ice. Chihuly in the Light of Jerusalem marks not only Chihuly's formal gesture of gratitude to the land that gave birth to glassmaking 4,000 years ago, but also a turning point in his understanding of glass and the limitless possibilities that lie within it. Chihuly and the Masters of Venice:
Within the secretive world of Venetian glassmaking, Dale Chihuly sees an opportunity to create exquisite work – if only he can get the two greatest glass masters to work together! Watch as Chihuly works first individually, and then together, with Lino Tagliapietra and Pino Signoretto for a series of historic glassblowing sessions. Chihuly Working with Lino Tagliapietra brings you into the hotshop to witness master glassblower Tagliapietra interpret Chihuly's drawings into glass, which in turn inspires Chihuly to create more drawings to continue the collaborative cycle. Chihuly Working with Pino Signoretto finds Signoretto, known for his master's ability to sculpt his visions of undersea life and the cherubic Putti figures, in the hotshop creating forms of amazing artistry, scale, and finesse. The Masters of Venice explores the unusual and previously unthinkable gamble that Chihuly took in bringing the two Italian glass masters together, two men who would never consider working together in the secretive climate of Venice. In the end, the effort pays off in some of the most imaginative and technically challenging glass ever created. | 
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