retired December 31, 2011
Each Studio Edition is hand-blown, signed by Dale Chihuly and comes with a custom-designed Plexiglas vitrine with a black base for secure and handsome display.
Purchase of a Studio Edition also includes a beautiful book describing the series to which it belongs ? the Fioris, Persians, Seaforms, Macchias or Baskets.
* All photographs by David Emery
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 Royal Raspberry Seaform Pair
studio edition 2007
approximately 11 inches wide
retired
Undulating and exquisite, Dale Chihuly?s Seaforms are implicitly pliant and mobile, even in their solid forms. ?They open up and curl in a kind of voluptuous solicitation, restorative and generous, in a sensuous repose,? says art critic Joan Seeman Robinson. These rippling forms are made by blowing the hot glass into ribbed molds, producing radial lines that add strength and allow the molten glass to be thinner, creating an illusion of motion.
The 2007 Portland Press Studio Edition Royal Raspberry Seaform Pair consists of two elements, both characteristically weightless, but with an unusual body wrap that adds visible depth and tangible texture, flattened and pale pink inside the curves, though otherwise vivid and dimensional. Between ripples of magenta, a vibrant lime green is revealed from the insides of both pieces?catching the eye, intriguing the connoisseur.
Engraved with Chihuly?s signature on the smaller piece, this Studio Edition is handblown and measures approximately eleven inches across. The artwork arrives with a Plexiglas vitrine for display and Chihuly Seaforms, a hardcover book containing forty-four color photographs and essays by Joan Seeman Robinson and oceanographer Sylvia Earle.
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 Honeysuckle Yellow Basket Set
studio edition 2007
approximately 8 inches high
retired
Inspired by Northwest Native American baskets collapsing under their own weight, Dale Chihuly set out to express the aging and worn vessels in glass. ?Like an Indian youth at the climax of his spirit quest, he felt some inexplicable connection with the baskets and through them with something universal,? says Northwest historian Murray Morgan.
The 2007 Portland Press Studio Edition Honeysuckle Yellow Basket Set embodies the classic idea of his Basket series with soft waves rippling along a relaxed, slumping body. The large yellow Basket, delicately blown through and nearly transparent, reveals two smaller elements nestled inside, creating an airy, ethereal effect. Each piece is accented with a contrasting black lip wrap.
The smallest piece of the handblown Honeysuckle Yellow Basket Set is signed by Chihuly and the entire work measures approximately eight inches high. Also included is a custom-designed Plexiglas
display vitrine and Chihuly: Baskets, a 148-page Portland Press publication detailing the pictoral history of the Basket series with essays by former museum curator Linda Norden and Murray Morgan.
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 Dragonfly Persian
studio edition 2007
approximately 9 inches wide
retired
Dale Chihuly?s Persians echo distant and exciting cultures, history stretching back to ancient times, and a fascination with spontaneous form and bold color. Of this series, museum curator Tina Oldknow says, ?Chihuly?s early Persians hint at glass?s distant past: the small, dense, and rare core-formed vessels that first appeared in Egypt about 1,500 BC and in Mesopotamia (Iraq) around 1,300 BC.?
Dragonfly Persian is at once both archetypal and daring, both modern and ancient. A single orange piece flaring open from a ball foot is rimmed with a royal blue lip wrap. Dark blue and black flecks together with a warm brown body wrap and an iridescent shimmer highlight the back of the piece.
Handblown and measuring approximately nine inches across, the 2007 Portland Press Studio Edition Dragonfly Persian is signed by Chihuly. A Plexiglas display vitrine is included, as is the hardcover book Chihuly Persians. With sixty color photographs and an essay by curator of modern glass at the Corning Museum Tina Oldknow, the book provides an overview and history of the Persian series.
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 Celtic Emerald Persian Pair
studio edition 2007
approximately 11 inches wide
retired
With their exotic, fluid shapes, Dale Chihuly?s Persians swirl with kinetic energy, mimicking ancient vessels or blending into a natural landscape almost seamlessly.
?I love to juxtapose the man-made and the natural to make people wonder and ask, ?Are they man-made or did they come from nature?? That?s a very important part of my work,? says Chihuly.
Celtic Emerald Persian Pair blazes with bright and vibrant color. Measuring approximately eleven inches across, the larger piece is blown through?bright green in the center to a dark, shadowy green along the edge, accented by a golden yellow lip wrap. Echoing these same colors, a smaller, coiling element rests inside looking as if it were a live garden creature reaching out to the viewer. Winding around both elements, dark and light green body wraps create a virtual glow.
The larger element of this handblown 2007 Portland Press Studio Edition is signed by Chihuly. A Plexiglas vitrine and Chihuly Persians, a hardcover book featuring sixty color photos of the Persian series with an essay by museum curator Tina Oldknow, are included.
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for images, details and availability of all previous Chihuly Studio Editions (1998 - 2006).
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