before lifting the blowpipe. As he blows forcefully into it, the fiery-red lump of colored glass on its end expands, forming into a perfect, round shape. "Blowing is a crucial step in the process ...

A studio that allows an artist to physically work with glass in its molten state in solid working, the glass-blowing process and hot casting. The hot shop houses three work benches, three reheating ...

Artist Dale Chihuly has become synonymous with reimagining what glass can do. Having long ago stopped blowing glass himself, at 75, he heads an art world enterprise at his Seattle studio.