| Dale Chihuly is greatly revered worldwide for his | | | | environmental art. |
| singular artistic skill and unique creative vision. His | | | | After he lost the vision in his left eye due to a tragic |
| revolutionary team based approach to the art glass | | | | 1976 auto accident, Dale relinquished his duties as chief |
| manufacturing process has resulted in some of the | | | | glassblower at his studio. Due to the loss of depth |
| world's most exquisite blown glass creations. | | | | perception he could no longer perform the art of glass |
| Dale Chihuly began studying glassblowing in the mid | | | | blowing. He began to direct other glassblowers who |
| 1960's and by 1967 he was creating room-sized | | | | created art glass sculptures according to his exact |
| installations of art glass sculpture. He is largely | | | | instructions. This was the beginning of his |
| responsible for having established the blown glass art | | | | groundbreaking and revolutionary team based |
| form as an accepted form of installation art as well as | | | | approach to glass making. |