Dinner was at a wonderful Italian restaurant called EVOO on Avenue Road.
Next morning, after checking out, we spent a few wonderful hours in the Royal Ontario Museum. It was the second last day of a glass exhibit by Dale Chihuly. By all accounts, Chihuly is the most outstanding and revolutionary glass artist in the world today.
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First up was a boat full of amazing glass balls, |
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Followed by a boat full of stuff. |
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A fantasy garden of glass. The garden was 65 feet long and 24 feet wide. |
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Some of the garden came from his collection of "Seaforms". |
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A Jerusalem Cylinder recognizes the rough walls of the City. |
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Experimenting with neon. |
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Tall red columns growing out of birch logs. |
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The elements of this ceiling come from his "Persian" phase. |
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Bowls within bowls |
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One of his inspirations came from northwest native blankets. |
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Another came from woven baskets. |
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"Soft Cylinders are allowed to flow. |