"Robust," "daring," "textured," and "vibrant" are all words that describe Dale Chihuly's Macchia series. Spurred by a desire to incorporate all colors into his work, Chihuly created a series that dazzles with color juxtapositions. "With them I felt for the first time that a piece of glass held its own in a room," says Chihuly of this dynamic series.

Moroccan Macchia Pair revels in speckles and contrasts. This handblown two-part Studio Edition, measuring eleven inches across, celebrates Chihuly's interest in combining more than one element and many colors into his work. A brilliant rose red floods the interior, while buttery yellows dapple the exterior. Multicolored spots and a thin deep red body wrap add dimension to the surface, while a moss green lip wrap captures the billowing outline of both elements.

A copy of Chihuly alla Macchia, a fifty-four-page publication with full-color photos of Chihuly's Macchia glass and drawings, completes the set.

With Dale Chihuly's Persian series, the artist found a way to express the motion and fluidity of liquid glass in what is perhaps his most energetic series. In the Chihuly Persians catalog, art historian Robert Hobbs explains, "The elasticity of each form manifests glass's real character as a frozen liquid, as molecules held in suspension." This seeming elasticity is enhanced by the addition of swirling color that traces the spines characteristic of Chihuly's Persians.

Animated by its vibrant and flamboyant combination of colors, Paradise Persian is a stunning addition to the Studio Edition Series. Arcs of blue and violet spin out from a small orb, emphasizing the contrast between open and closed forms. A bright yellow lip wrap encircling the ripples of blue accentuates its outer edge. The work measures approximately nine inches in width.

This signed handblown Studio Edition is shipped with a Plexiglas display case and the hardcover Chihuly Persians catalogue. Fifty-eight beautifully photographed images capture the imaginative combination of forms, and an essay by museum curator Tina Oldknow gives historical context to the artist's Persian series.

"The pieces allude to romance, mystery, an ancient world and its survival in the present," notes art historian Robert Hobbs of Dale Chihuly's Persian series. Chihuly, on a search for new form, developed a series that conjures images of the East, recognizable by their writhing forms and contrasting ribbons of color. Often grouped into arrangements of more than one element, the Persians are caches of exotic visions.

The graceful undulating profile of Radiant Persian Pair induces an illusion of flexibility. Bright yellow warms each element, while fine dark lines wind around the form. Black lip wraps contrast the yellow bodies, and the two elements just kiss, back-to-back. "For Chihuly, each Persian grouping represents an environment, and no matter how big or small, these environments remain conceptually linked to each other through their relationship to the space they inhabit," explains museum curator Tina Oldknow.

Measuring approximately eleven inches across, this signed handblown work is presented in a Plexiglas vitrine. The set is completed by the hardcover publication Chihuly Persians. This 104-page full-color book will enhance one's understanding of this wonderful series.