Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Bucky Fuller, Dale Chihuly and the Garden

More from the Missouri Botanical Garden. The signature building of the garden is the Climatron. It is a visually striking building built in the form of a geodesic dome, containing the environment of a lowland tropical forest. Many of the principles of this kind of structure were worked out by the visionary architect and designer, R. Buckminster Fuller. The Climatron is in the background of this photo.

Last year, a big exhibit of the work of glass artist Dale Chihuly was spread throughout the garden. Some of his work remains indefinitely, including these glass bulbs floating in the reflecting pool. The interplay of all these elements creates a complex image.

TOMORROW: Thursday Arch Series

6 comments:

Olivier said...

original ces ballons de toutes les couleurs. belle photo, avec de superbes reflets


original these balloons of all the colors. beautiful photograph, with superb reflections

magiceye said...

indeed visually attractive and playful! well framed sir!

Janet said...

Very visual!

yournotalone said...

So cool reflections

Ming the Merciless said...

Love Dale Chihuly's glass globes.

The matrix grid on the glass done is fascinating. Love the lines on it.

lv2scpbk said...

Wonderful colors. Great photo.