I'm going to start this reply...with a disclaimer. Please do not flame the 'well meaning' person behind the curtin.
Hmmmm. I'm thinking the picture is of the beautiful chandelier (by Dale Chihuly and his studio) that's hanging in the main lobby/foyer on the Disney Magic???
Prize award to Jenmack for a correct answer...
APOOHFN said:
1. Where is the Disney Wonder?
2. Who is Dale Chihuly?
Prize award to APOOHFN for also posting a correct answer...in the form of a question. Kudos to you both.
This is a beautiful piece...just amazing that something this size would be in the atrium of a cruise ship - both Magic and Wonder.
I wish I could figure out how to post pictures too.
Jen...posting an image on The DIS gets easier with practice. I spent some time on the Technical Support boards...I'd bet they still have 'a sticky' post that will describe step-by-step on how to do this. regretfully...you just can't paste/copy an image - you need to upload your photo to a web site - then, you use the image icon (directly below Redo) and input the address of your photo...again - after some practice...it gets easier.
*** below is something I found interesting on Dale Chihuly ***
Dale Chihuly has almost single-handedly turned the craft of glass-blowing into an art form in America, moving far beyond the common vision of glass to create glass sculpture in a multitude of forms, colors, and sizes. Transferring the European studio tradition to his native Washington state, the artist is known for his series of sculptural glass works, including "Baskets," "Persians," "Seaform," "Macchia," "Floats," "Ikebana," and "Venetians," inspired in part or in whole by natural forms or classical styles. Perhaps the artist is best recognized for his huge installations of organically shaped Chandeliers, some weighing up to almost a ton. His work has been shown around the world: his 1995 exhibition in Venice placed 2,800 handblown pieces over the canals, bridges, and piazzas of that glass-blowing capital. An installation at the Tower of David Museum in Jerusalem in 2000 drew a million visitors.
In 1992 Chihuly began his "Chandelier" series of hanging glass sculpture, huge if not monumental in size and effect. His renown continued to grow with installations across America and around the world, culminating in the "Chihuly over Venice" installation of fourteen of his own "Chandeliers" at various sites in Venice as well as thousands of others designed in collaboration with blowers and designers around the world. Other "Chandeliers" found their way into sites from the Smithsonian to the Bellagio Resort lobby in Las Vegas. In the year 2000, Chihuly mounted perhaps his most ambitious exhibition to date, "Chihuly in the Light of Jerusalem," with seventeen installations inside the walls of the ancient military fortress now known as the Tower of David Museum. With that exhibition, Chihuly paid tribute to the ancient art of glassblowing with over ten thousand pieces of multi-colored and multi-dimensional glass. That same year, Chihuly was also asked to design a millennium installation for the U.S. White House. And into the new millennium, his position at the pinnacle of his art was assured by a retrospective exhibition at London's Victoria and Albert Museum.
While some critics object to Chihuly's tireless self-promotion, others simply bow to his innovative genius. "Chihuly is an unquestioned genius," Robert T. Buck, director of the Brooklyn Museum, once told a contributor for People Weekly. And writing in Art in America, Tobey Crockett praised the "virtuosity with which [Chihuly] and his production team manipulate glass and use its ability to capture and recast light."
*** hmmmmm let's see what we can come up with next ***
And as for the artist, didn't have a clue, other then his first name is Dale. I have a brother named Dale, that's the only reason I remembered that!!! But, hey Kevin, keep up those picture guessing games this is fun. The rest of you guys stop reading here ...OK. (Side bar here ---- uhhhhhhh........ Kevin........ you suppose if I gave you my phone number you could give me a call before you post one of these tough picture guessing thingie's. Then I could get on and be the first to guess it right. Oh, by the way you might have to give me a BIG hint as to the answer too.) Thanks Kevin.
You guys didn't read that did ya???
