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Undulating
and exquisite, Dale Chihuly's Seaforms
are implicitly pliant and mobile, even
in their solid forms. "They open up and curl in a kind
of voluptuous solicitation, restorative and generous, in
a sensuous repose," says art critic Joan Seeman Robinson.
These rippling forms are made by blowing the hot glass into
ribbed molds, producing radial lines that add strength and
allow the molten glass to be thinner, creating an illusion
of motion.
The
2007 Portland Press Studio Edition
Royal Raspberry
Seaform Pair consists
of two elements, both characteristically weightless, but
with an unusual body wrap
that adds visible depth and tangible texture, flattened
and pale pink inside the curves, through otherwise vivid
and dimensional. Between ripples of magenta, a vibrant lime
green is revealed from the insides of both pieces –
catching the eye, intriguing the connoisseur.
Engraved
with Chihuly's signature on
the smaller piece, this Studio Edition is hand-
blown and measures approximately eleven inches across. The
artwork arrives with a Plexiglas vitrine for display and
Chihuly Seaforms, a hardcover book containing forty-four
color photographs and essays by Joan Seeman Robinson and
oceanographer Sylvia Earle.
With
its distinctive body wrap,
Royal Raspberry Seaform Pair
balances convention with
innovation.
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