Dale Chihuly
Dale Chihuly was born on the 20th September 1941 in Tacoma, Washington in America.
Dale Chihuly studied glass design and construction in Venice.
In 1971, he founded the Pilchuck Glass School near Stanwood, Washington.
In 1976, while Chihuly was in England, he was involved in a head-on car accident during which he flew through the windshield. His face was severely cut by glass and he was blinded in his left eye.
Chihuly continued to blow glass until he dislocated his shoulder in a 1979 bodysurfing accident. No longer able to hold the glass blowing pipe, he hired others to do the work. This meant he could see the glass work from more perspectives making it easier for him to see any manufacturing problems.
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