I don't really quite remember how the Putti idea came. I was up at Pilchuck, and I conspired to get Pino Signoretto and Lino Tagliapietra to work together on the same piece—something that simply would never happen in Murano. So I made a design that Lino would blow, and Pino would make the Putti, and we would put them together… all these different ways that the Putti could look, sit, and play.   —Chihuly

To this day, I can’t remember why I chose to have Pino make the Putti. The Putti are these little male characters. They were used in Renaissance and Baroque times, and they were put in a church, or in paintings. They were carved out of wood or made out of plaster. Maybe they were a little mischievous, but they gave the feeling of youth. It was a great symbol.   —Chihuly