You walk into the Hot Shop and.. Boom! You're hit with immense heat. As you look down you can see a team of about five people gathered around something with tons of concentration. What are they working on? Someone moves out of the way and you see someone holding a long, tube-like stick (blowpipe). At the end is a giant blob of molten glass. From far away it looks like a plain color of red, but if you look closer you can see swirls of different colors all combined. We're at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma.
Inside the galleries there are three foot tall glass goblets of all colors. Some have chains, others have different objects in between them, and others have strobing, colored lights attached to them.
In a different room, there are different sized glass balls and squares filled with nature that seems to be suspended in time. Each piece is so intricate that it seems to be real, but, in fact, each object is hand-crafted by artist Paul Stankard.
We also saw glass art made by Dale Chihuly. He had pieces of glass that seemed to move; all the vibrant colors made his art even more interesting.
Later, we saw glass pieces made by two artists from the world-famous glass art capital of the world, the island of Murano in Venice. Their works were inspired by the earth, sky, moon and sun. Each exhibit showed the unique way they view those elements of the universe.
Overall, the Tacoma Museum of Glass was a great experience. We can't wait to visit again soon!
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