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chihuly in 2009 tacoma , washington university -- madison , rhode island school of design . of washington , seattle , university of wisconsin american dale chihuly glass artist 20 september 1941 leslie jackson -lrb- 2005 -- current -rrb- dale chihuly 2009.jpg dale chihuly
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dale chihuly

dale chihuly -lrb- born september 20 , 1941 -rrb- , is an american glass sculptor and entrepreneur .
his works are considered unique to the field of blown glass , `` moving it into the realm of large-scale sculpture '' .
the technical difficulties of working with glass forms are considerable , yet chihuly uses it as the primary medium for installations and environmental artwork .
