ALL M&I

On our way back from St Pete Beach earlier this week, we stopped at Florida Southern College to see a collection of Frank Lloyd Wright designed buildings known as “Child Of The Sun“. Quite a lovely set of buildings spread down the slope of the college campus; most only visible from outside but nice to see anyway – and the couple (chapels) we could go inside, helped gave an idea of the colored-glass-in-wall lighting effects …

(see also this)

Staying near St Petersburg for a few days, we enjoyed a second visit to the beautiful glass sculptures of the Chihuly Collection; photos are encouraged (so nice compared with most places!) so here they are:

We also watched a glass blowing demonstration – which was very splendid and interesting, going from a blob of glass to a big curvy dish a little like the last images above (though with stripes of color rather than those more intricate designs):

We were told that you can’t really see the final piece till it’s fully cooled (a day or more later) so the colors can settle!