LC0316

A leaf crumpled and smoothed out again. Every crease is left in place — that is the work: a piece about the trace of effort rather than about a smooth surface.

The gilding is applied unevenly, with darkening in the recesses, so the relief reads with contrast: the raised parts burn, the hollows go to shadow. The mirror at the core distorts the room like a fisheye lens, drawing the space into the flower.

The light escapes from under the petals around the perimeter and draws the contour. The result is a sun with a dark pupil — a form that radiates and absorbs at once.

By day it is relief: creases, shadow, the room reflected in the pupil. In the evening it is an eclipse stopped at the second when the corona is already visible and the disc is still black.

Where it works

An accent wall: an entrance hall, above a console, in a study, in a private living room, in a gallery space.

Style

Art Deco and contemporary art: large empty planes, dark walls, minimal furniture. The message is preciousness — the object works like a brooch scaled up to the size of a panel.