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Discover something new around every corner at the World of Plants. Venture into this realm of lush greenery and learn all about the spectacular myriad of tropical plants and the systems these plants support.

Chihuly’s Tiger Lilies reinterprets the ornamental markings and unique backward curls of the Tiger Lily plant's petals in abstract, bulbous-like forms.

Chihuly began his Chandelier series in 1992 for an exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum. These sculptures are assembled with multiple handblown glass forms mounted to a steel armature. Chandeliers (and Towers) demonstrate Chihuly’s desire to mass and control colour on a grand scale. Over the years, he has explored both multicoloured compositions and variations on a single colour. Unlike traditional chandeliers, they reflect light instead of emitting it. His Chandeliers are often hung in unusual spaces and places, within the exhibition they can be found at the Cloud Forest, Bayfront Pavilion, and at the SG50 Lattice.

Tucked away at the World of Plants, the Sea Blue and Green Tower blends in effortlessly with the lush foliage of the tropical gardenscape. Chihuly’s initial phase of extensive experimentation with Chandeliers culminated in the Chihuly Over Venice Project (1995-96). Subsequent projects continued to challenge the artist to create large sculptures for spaces without ceilings or where the ceiling could not bear the weight of Chandeliers, giving life to the development of the Tower series. The free standing towers exude unique personas, depending on their setting.

Chihuly’s Fiori demonstrates the artist’s penchant for organic, free flowing forms that evoke the natural world. With the variety of forms in this series, the artist creates compositions that range from few standalone forms to multiple elements brought together in installations he calls Mille Fiori (Italian for “a thousand flowers”).