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Light Forms and Lamps
My light forms are illuminated sculptures, some are cylindrical, some are flat, all are hand-printed with rich color for a deep emboss in kozo paper. Luminiares are suspended as pendant lanterns, sconces, and torchieres with delicate translucent papers wrapping featherweight steel armatures while window prints and light curtains are pressed like botanicals between glass. Lit with both electrical and natural light they become glowing membranes. It’s been said that staring into them is akin to firelight.
Inspired by Chinese lanterns and Noguchi’s Akari light sculptures, these light forms combine Bauhaus-like simple utilitarian forms and Arts and Crafts decorative motifs with print imagery that shares the German and French Symbolists’ love of nature forms, deep color an dream imagery. They are eclectic and coalesce my enthusiasms for figurative and vessel sculpture, photography and painting in mixed media.
Note about construction:
Despite their fragile appearance these luminaires are tremendously durable. The printed kozo is fused to woven Dacron sailcloth with encaustic (a medium of raw bees wax and damar resin). The skins are then sown to the steel armatures with sail thread (waxed marlin) The encaustic medium makes the prints very stable with colors that remain vibrant.
Versatility in design and use:
Lamp shades can be made in any number of shapes and sizes with various combinations of colors and motifs. Armatures can be adapted for use as sconces, pendants, torches and regular floor lamps. Pendants may be plug-ins or made for hardwire canopy. We can also adapt for ceiling and wall track lighting.
Window prints can be made in near endless variety. |
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Luminaires |
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Window Prints |
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