This glass sculpture is stunning and spectacular. Love the colors and the design. It must have been a lot of hard work for someone to complete this fine work. You've captured it so very well, Amy.
Artist Reply: This is the information regarding the sculpture. thank you very much for your compliments. I am going to try to post more photos of this and other architectural art from Mohegan Sun (place is gorgeous).
Mohegan Sun commissioned a towering glass sculpture by world-renowned artist Dale Chihuly. Titled “River Blue,” the 10,000-pound masterpiece was created by combining extraordinary artistry with architectural skill. Thousands of richly colored glass components, 2,500 in all, were hand-blown by a team of artisans in Seattle, then fully assembled on-site at
Mohegan Sun.
The distinctive cobalt blue, silver and clear colored glass sculpture, measuring fourteen feet in width, soars twenty-five feet above visitors, creating a spectacular centerpiece.
Artist Reply: Thank you so much. I really love this glass sculpture that I came across at Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut. The official name of this sculpture is "River Blue"....:
Mohegan Sun commissioned a towering glass sculpture by world
renowned artist Dale Chihuly. Titled “River Blue,”
The 10,000 pound masterpiece was created by combining
extraordinary artistry with architectural skill.
Thousands of richly colored glass components,
2,500 in all, were hand blown by a team of artisans in Seattle, then fully
assembled on site at Mohegan Sun.
The distinctive cobalt blue, silver and clear colored glass sculpture, measuring fourteen
feet in width, soars twenty five feet above visitors, creating a spectacular centerpiece.
Artist Reply: So the glass is only cobalt blue, silver, and clear- the major variety of colors that appears in this is actually lights that are put into the base and reflects through the fibers up into the 2,500 pieces of glass to add additional colors. This technique causes one of the most stunning parts of the object, the fact that at any given moment you can see the colors change through-out the sculpture.
7 Comments
Anne Whiteway 26 Feb 2014
This glass sculpture is stunning and spectacular. Love the colors and the design. It must have been a lot of hard work for someone to complete this fine work. You've captured it so very well, Amy.John Cappello 31 Aug 2013
Brilliant Artwork!!! Very joyful colorsSharon Gonzalez 12 Oct 2012
MAGNIFICENT SHOT, AMY!M Smith 15 Nov 2011
Beautiful!marie-claire gallet 15 Nov 2011
WOWWWWWWW !!!! Really gorgeous close-up !!!Karen Helsing 14 Nov 2011
Fabulous!Patricia Passaris 14 Nov 2011
De-light-fully beautiful the contrasting hues blend beautifully.