A Picture Says 1,000 Words

Last weekend I was lucky enough to visit the Glass Experience at Chicago’s Museum of Science & Industry. While it was a really great exhibition and very informative, it was still difficult for me to not provide informative lectures about all the glass displays to the other visitors. So instead, I thought I would share some pictures from my visit with you here.

Pilkington Place: Pilkington’s 20 by 16 foot Wall of Glass features many different types of the company’s glass, including these decorative patterns and textures shown in the top picture below. In addition, there’s also a display of its Profilit U-channel glass (second pic), Planar Structural Glazing System (third pic) and specialty low-E glass.

Recycled and Re-Used Glass: Most everyone these days is searching for ways to re-use everything from furniture to, yes, glass. This picture shows different uses of recycled glass content. Rather decorative, don't you think?

Chihuly's Corner: As soon as I win the lottery I am going to buy myself a Dale Chihuly sculpture. Everything he does is simply incredible. I loved that the exhibition showed several concept drawings of some of the display pieces. It was hard to not be simply awe-struck at the beautiful colors of the Macchia forest. I looked at these structures and then watched the short video on how they are made and all I could think was "My goodness--that's glass?!" Oh ... did I mention it's also a great decorative element?

So there you have it -- a look at the Glass Experience on display in Chicago until September 1. It's definitly worth a visit. Did I mention the decorative displays? Especially exciting given the soon-to-debut Decorative Glass magazine will launch as part of the August USGlass --don't miss it!