World Class Glass

August 3, 2009
Author: Sailor Girl

glass figurineEveryone enjoys a glass figurine.  These elegantly designed pieces make beautiful additions to a tabletop, mantle, or display case.  However, not all pieces are able to fit in your home for display.  There are glass figures that are so big; they take up almost an entire room in a museum. 

 

The largest recorded glass structure is called Fireworks of Glass and is located in the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis.  The structure is forty-three feet tall and weighs eighteen thousand pounds.  Building this structure was not easy.  It contains over forty-eight hundred pieces of class and took fourteen days to put together.  The tower has thirty-two hundred pieces, the bulk of the structure.  This amazing figurine was created by artist Dale Chihuly. 

 

While your home wouldn’t be able to accommodate something quite so large, a small glass figurine is always a great sight to behold in your home.


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