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Ikebana Glass on Glass Paintings
Glass on Glass by Dale Chihuly fluently articulates the artist’s mastery of the transmission of light through transparent media.
Jul 25, 2022
![Photo of some of the Ikebana Glass on Glass Paintings.](https://healingarts.unmc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/chihuly-glassonglass3x2.jpg)
Reflection Room Crystal Sconces
The Reflection Room Crystal Sconces by Dale Chihuly are composed of approximately 2,000 crystalline glass forms, amassed within the Reflection Room’s cone-like architectural form
Jul 22, 2022
![Photo of Reflection Room Crystal Sconces - clear and faceted leaf-like crystalline glass forms](https://healingarts.unmc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/reflection-sconces3x2.jpg)
Dale Chihuly’s large spheres—up to forty inches in diameter and weighing sixty pounds— are named for small green and blue Japanese fishing floats he found as a child on the shores of Puget Sound.
Jul 21, 2022
![Najima Floats, Dale Chihuly, outside Chihuly Sanctuary.](https://healingarts.unmc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/najima-flouts3x2.jpg)
Orange and Yellow Hornet Sconce, Rising Sun Sconce Wall
Dale Chihuly’s sconces are wall installations composed of blown-glass elements that are created in response to a specific environment.
Jul 21, 2022
![Orange and Yellow Hornet Sconce and Rising Sun Sconce Wall, Dale Chihuly, in the Chihuly Sanctuary](https://healingarts.unmc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/hornets-next3x2.jpg)
Combining brilliantly colored, flora-like elements, Dale Chihuly creates spectacular gardens of glass, a manifestation of his lifelong fascination with nature and flowers, which was inspired by his mother’s passion for gardening.
Jul 21, 2022
![Mille Fiori, interior, Chihuly Sanctuary.](https://healingarts.unmc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/millefiori-interior3x2.jpg)
The outside portion of Mille Fiori features an array of Dale Chihuly’s whimsical, nature-inspired, blown-glass elements, including reeds, herons, and grass clusters.
Jul 21, 2022
![Mille Fiori, exterior, Chihuly Sactuary.](https://healingarts.unmc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/millefiori-exterior3x2.jpg)
The Sapphire Icicle Tower, which stands at 11 feet, exemplifies Dale Chihuly’s desire to mass color on a steel armature for dramatic effect. Its approximately 325 pieces create what he calls “a core of color.”
Jul 15, 2022
![Sapphire Icicle Tower , Chihuly Sanctuary.](https://healingarts.unmc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/saphhire-sphere3x2.jpg)
On Rays of Time by Amy Westover consists of three separate “sunbeams” made of multilayered, geometric pieces of colored cast glass and metal that angle through the space from floor to ceiling designed to embody the sunlight peeking through a window or cloud.
Jun 30, 2022
![](https://healingarts.unmc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rays-of-time3x2.jpg)
Search is a creative fusion of art and science, described by artist Jun Kaneko as endeavoring to “bring positive energy, inspiration and hope” to all who visit the Buffett Cancer Center.
Jun 30, 2022
![Search by Jun Kaneko, in front of the Fred & Pamela Buffet Cancer Center.](https://healingarts.unmc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/kaneko-search3x2-900x600.jpg)
In Spring Sonata by Matthew Placzek, each monumental iris is unique, part of variety of curved floral silhouettes joined by the wavy and curling lines of the leaves. The dancing, lit butterflies add to the movement and connect the groupings of flowers.
Jun 30, 2022
![Spring Sonata - Iris Garden by Matthew Placzek in the Buffett Cancer Center.](https://healingarts.unmc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/spring-sonata3x2.jpg)