Chihuly's Pendletons: And Their Influence on His Work [Hardcover]

Dale Chihuly (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Portland Press (Wa) (January 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1576840158
• ISBN-13: 978-1576840153
• Product Dimensions: 14.4 x 9.7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #64,850 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Interesting Book, February 23, 2002

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"yintercept" (SLC, UT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chihuly's Pendletons: And Their Influence on His Work (Hardcover)

Chiluly's Pendletons is an interesting book. It shows the early career of Dale Chiluly-who has become one of the pre-eminent artists in America. Chiluly's trademark is his flamboyent, contorted glassworks, which are displayed around the world.

This book consists of two parts: The first part shows pictures of trade blankets. The second part shows how Chiluly incorporated ideas from his interests in Native American Arts into his early work...during his starving artists phase.

Chiluly was interested fiber arts, he could not afford the expensive native American blankets; so he collected indian trade blankets...the most enduring trade blanket manufacturer being the Pendleton Woolen Mills. As his fame and fortune grew; so to did his collection.

This is a very good book for people who wish to study how artists evolve in their work. You have a nice juxtaposition of indian art, photographs of native Americans, and pictures of Chiluly's earlier works.

What the book is not: It is not an adequate scholarly treatise on trade blankets (it has a lot of nice pictures). The book shows his earlier works. These are all well done, but not quite as large and flamboyent as you might see in his later periods.

All in all, I give the book high marks. Chiluly fans will enjoy this coffee table book. It helps you see the influences on this artist. It will also get you interested in trade blankets.

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Dale Chihuly should stick to what he knows best--glass, September 8, 2001

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David Davis "[e-mail]" (Grand Junction, Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chihuly's Pendletons: And Their Influence on His Work (Hardcover)

If you want to know about Native American trading blankets your money would be better spent on Kapoun's book titled "Language of the Robe" which tells it more like it is. I believe that Chihuly purchased the Kapoun's collection and became an overnight authority on the subject, if you catch my drift!
I have photographed Pendleton blankets for years, and Chihuly and Lohrmann should be more accurate in their detailing of what is and isn't made by the Pendleton Woolen Mills. The photos are good, but there is still room for someone to do a thorough and interesting book on this very important topic. This isn't the one to waste money on, in my opinion.

13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Chihuly's Pendletons Aren't!, January 9, 2001

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Tom Mawby (NY, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chihuly's Pendletons: And Their Influence on His Work (Hardcover)

If you're a Dale Chihuly glass fan, you may appreciate this book, but if you're an Indian blanket collector don't waste your time and money. Memo to authors Chihuly and Lohrmann - HELLO!!, most of Chihuly's Pendletons AREN'T Pendleton blankets and so it's of absolutely no value to blanket collectors seeking accurate information. It's painfully obvious neither he nor co-author Charles Lohrmann has any idea what Chihuly has been collecting all these years! Chihuly's a wonderfully innovative glass artisan, but nobody did their homework here. It's just too bad the blanket information is as twisted as Mr. Chihuly's glass forms.