Ikebana/Rowboat with Floats

Chihuly first filled boats with glass in Nuutajärvi, Finland, during the "Chihuly Over Venice" project in 1995. After several days of glassblowing, Chihuly and his team made temporary installations along the Nuutajoki, a river nearby. When the team found a partially submerged wooden rowboat, Chihuly filled it so that it was overflowing with glass.

Ikebana Double Ender and Rowboat with Floats

On the tiny island of Niijima, Japan, Osamu and Yumiko Noda, former students at Pilchuck, created a glass school perched on a cliff looking out to sea. It was there in 1991 that Chihuly started this series. Named for both the island and the traditional Japanese fishing floats, his "Floats" reminded him of the ocean and the ocean's currents.