Eclectic Perambulations in the Noosphere
Photo by Michael D. Martin
Dale Chihuly learned his craft in Italy among the best in the world, then came back to Toledo and set up shop. He also founded the Pilchuk Glass School, which he is still involved with. Unfortunately, in 1976, he was involved in a car crash in England that cost him an eye. Three years later, he dislocated his shoulder, making it impossible for him to continue holding the tools.
However that did not stop him. As he said: "Once I stepped back, I liked the view," and he has described himself as "more choreographer than dancer, more supervisor than participant, more director than actor." Partly because he had been trained in Venice in the team version of the craft, it wasn't as difficult as it might have been to others to step back and direct. Wildly successful, his beautiful works are in permanent collections all over the world, most of them in the US, Canada, United Kingdom, Singapore and the UAE.
