LC0091

A composition about a dismantled stained-glass window. Every leaf is assembled from coloured segments joined by gold soldering, and the seams work as veins and as load-bearing frame at once: pattern and structure are one and the same thing here, so the leaf reads even without light.

The forms vary — some broad and five-lobed, some narrow with sharp teeth. The leaves are turned at random and hang at varied levels; below, a few break away and fall alone.

By day it is a thicket of ivy — from grass green to dark olive and almost black, read through colour against the light. In the evening the light passes through the segments, each filling with its own tone — pale green beside bottle green — while the gold seams flare as a graphic net laid over the colour. A crown lit from within.

Where it works

Generous rooms — lobbies, atria, winter gardens, double-height living rooms, restaurant floors. Stained glass is made to be seen against the light: the piece is placed where people look up at it.

Style

Art Nouveau and the Tiffany stained-glass tradition: a plant motif in coloured mosaic. The message is collector-minded — a piece for an interior that values handwork.