For my learning adventure, I'm going to Dale Chihuly's bridge of glass and the Museum of Glass to take pictures of his work. Then I'll pick my five favorite pieces to research. For me, success will come when I can honestly explain how my love of photography has helped me learn something new that I never would have known. Through this adventure I want to be able to say that taking pictures is more that seeing beautiful things, but also learning the history behind them and knowing how they came to be.
To achieve my learning goal, I need to learn about the 5 art pieces created by Dale Chihuly of my choosing. First, I'll need to have some background information about Chihuly. For example, when he became an artist, his intrinsic/extrinsic motivations and the challenges he had to overcome to achieve his dreams.
For what I want to learn, I need some resources. I plan to use the pictures I take to decide witch Dale Chihuly pictures I want to research. I'll find my information on the Dale Chihuly website, and see if there is information by the museum of glass or Chihuly's glass bridge (where I'll be taking the larger portion of my pictures), and from books in the library about Chihuly's work and the art of glass blowing.
If I run into challenges, I plan on getting help from my dad or asking my teacher how I could better achieve my goal. My dad is greatly interested in Chihuly's work, knows where to find valuable information about his work and even met him earlier this year. Like I said before, Dale's website is the best place to find information along with the book written about him.
