Fireworks of Glass Preshow

Fireworks of Glass Preshow, a photo by DisHippy on Flickr.

As I was processing my photos from the Children's Museum of Indianapolis and the Chihuly exhibit that is there, I had real trouble deciding which I should show first. I thought I would take a queue from Disney and have a little preshow with this shot of the exhibit sign. This way the rest of the series will have a little more backstory. I hope you all enjoy when I present photos in series like this, as I have really come to enjoy doing it that way. Almost like I can take you all along too. Enjoy!

Fireworks of Glass is the largest permanent sculpture of blown glass by renowned artist Dale Chihuly. The 43-foot-tall tower rises above a glass ceiling.

The Tower

The Fireworks of Glass tower stands in the museum’s central atrium, where children and families can circle the ramps and explore it from all sides. Chihuly's artists blew and installed 3,200 pieces of glass on the tower. It comprises more than 3,200 individually blown, brilliantly colored, two- to four-foot-long pieces of smooth and twisted glass called Horns and Goosenecks.

The Ceiling

The Fireworks of Glass ceiling floats just under the tower. It is filled with 1,600 pieces of glass from Chihuly’s spectacular series, including Sea Tubes, Hornballs, Persians, and Putti in a variety of shapes and colors.

On the museum’s Lower Level children and families can look up and see the brilliantly colored glass forms in the ceiling.

Children and adults can also sit on a large, round, revolving platform, gaze at the ceiling overhead and discuss what they see.

Families can also create their own sculptures with colorful plastic-like shapes call polyvitro; and blow glass or explore the hot shop and the glassblowing process virtually.

Hands-On Exhibit

Below the ceiling is a hands-on exhibit area. Here, children and adults can sit on a large, round, revolving platform, gaze at the ceiling overhead and discuss what they see. Families can also create their own sculptures with colorful plastic-like shapes called polyvitro and blow glass virtually or explore the hot shop and the glassblowing process on two computer screens.
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www.childrensmuseum.org/fireworks-of-glass