'Strands of glass are pressed, melted together and cut into slices, before being used as mosaic-like components to form brightly coloured flowers, stars or other ornamental patterns within the exhibit. Chihuly’s Mille Fiori installations reveal an analogy with this refined process: countless individual elements, each with a high level of perfection and, despite being typecast, its own individuality, are assembled into a whole.' ~ Peter Fischer 2005

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