Chihuly — Season 1, Episode 4: Chihuly Working With Lino Tagliapietra
Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 6 episodes
Episode synopsis
In 1988, Dale Chihuly invited Italian glass master Lino Tagliapietra to collaborate with on an audacious glass series called the Venetians. Together, with the stunning use of bold color combinations, new asymmetrical forms, and extraordinarily large scale, they refined the possibilities of what could be made in contemporary glass. Having achieved success at that challenge, Chihuly decided to go small, inventing Piccolo Venetians, in order to work faster and experiment with color and form more easily. Chihuly Working with Lino Tagliapietra brings you into the hotshop to witness Lino interpreting Chihuly's drawings into art glass, and Lino's work inspiring new ideas for more drawings and more glass. The marriage of Lino's traditional glass vessels with Chihuly's eccentricity in the form of coils, snouts, flowers, wraps, and handles make this series unique. The process gives a rare insight into the collaborative workings of one of the most prolific art glass studios in the world.
About Chihuly
Witness internationally renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly at work in this high-energy documentary collection. This set, which is the first of its kind, reveals Chilhuly's creativity as he collaborates with his team and with two of the greatest glass masters. Journey with Chihuly through projects in the United States and around the world as he creates monumental installations and expands in the boundaries of glass art.