The Macchia series launched in 1981 led Chihuly to work with the full range of the 300 colours of glass produced by the German company Kugler. These sculptural bowls are characterized by their undulating sides and rims, the result of gravity, and by their large formats (a metre high and a metre wide). Assembled on slender steel pedestals and lit from above, the brilliantly coloured Macchia are brought to life by the light that shines on them and is reflected on the surrounding walls, producing an exquisite effect reminiscent of the "walls of light" of European stained-glass windows.

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