LC0465

A composition about a nest woven out of gold. An oval wreath of interlaced branches carries clusters of drop-flowers — the form reads both as an upturned basket and as a nest: something plaited rather than assembled.

Every drop is tilted at its own angle, and a source looks downward out of each.

By day it is gold plaiting with white clusters — a piece read through the interlacing of the branches and the rhythm of the drops. In the evening light goes down from every flower: the composition delivers genuine illumination and not only an image, and a field of light pools of differing strength appears beneath it.

Where it works

Above a table in a dining room, in a meeting room, in a restaurant, in a reception room. The downward light makes the piece a formal chandelier rather than a decorative object.

Style

Art Nouveau and formal classicism: the nest and the basket as motifs of abundance. The message is hospitable — a piece for the table people gather at.