Continuing on with the
Michigan love, I thought I would share some of my moms pictures, which she took during a visit this summer to the Frederik Meijer Gardens Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids. Dale Chihuly, the renowned glass artist, put together a stunning exhibit on the grounds of the park, resulting in a world-class art exhibit right here in our state! I mean...would you take a look at this? It looks like a garden in Paris, Hong Kong or New York City!
I just love how the glass mimics the landscape of the grounds. It feels a bit like walking through Wonderland, where everything seems the same, and then...boom...electric blue cattails.
One of the most amazing things about this exhibit is trying to wrap your head around how they transported the million glass pieces, and then somehow put them all together...in the middle of a pond, or hanging from the ceiling of the greenhouse. It kind of boggles your mind, doesn't it?
I have a few more Michigan-centered posts that I would love to share with you in the coming weeks...I hope you are enjoying my little home-state bragging tour! Have I convinced you to visit Michigan yet?
By the way...can you give my mom a little love here for her AMAZING pictures? She simply blew me away with these! You too?
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love these Michigan posts!! thank you!
so beautiful! i have not had a chance to go there in years since i moved to the east coast, but these photos really want make me want to get over there!
That is GORGEOUS!!! The Indianapolis Children's Museum has an amazing Chihuly exhibit.
What an incredible installation... I love the cattails!
Those photos are beautiful! And the installation looks pretty magical.
Wow, this installation looks amazing! How did they get all of those individual glass pieces there? So impressive and beautiful! Your mom's quite a photographer too!
Incredible an AMAZING artist!
Oh wow! Fantastic! Thank you for sharing these pictures!
Happy to read about Michigan, I am from the Upper Peninsula along Lake Superior...Love the North! These pictures are beautiful!
What a cool sculpture park. If I'm ever in the area I would certainly check it out!
Great pictures. Kudos to Mom.
Meijer Gardens is right down the beltline from our home. This was fantastic. Totally worth seeing :)