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Artist/Designer Kelly Lamb’s hanging light fixture is creepily elegant. It appears to be made of tiny lightbulbs hung from the ceiling on filaments and arranged in the shape of a human skull although there are no details provided at the artist’s site. This skeletal lighting would fit well with a goth interior.
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Have you ever wanted to integrate beer into your decor? Barlite has been making beer bottle sconces and chandeliers for over 10 years. Their products range from a simple 7- bottle lamp right up to an elaborate 52-bottle pool table fixture. The model above holds 36 empty beer bottles which are not included so you’ll have to provide your own empties.
Link – Via Everlasting Blort
I can’t imagine a better focal point for a tasteful dining room! Adam Wallacavage, noted for his tentacled chandeliers, made this Hello Kitty variant. It was featured in a themed art show hosted by Sanrio, the company that owns Hello Kitty.
Art Show Link -via Hello Kitty Hell | Artist’s Website | Photo: Sanrio
Carolina Fontoura Alzaga’s edgy chandeliers made from bicycle chains are inspired by victorian chandeliers but add a contemporary bike culture twist.
The recycled bicycle parts become a representation of the dismissed, invisible, and powerless, but also an affirmation of self-propelled movement. The bicycle chandelier thereby creates a new third meaning of reclaimed agency.
This chandelier made out of tampons was made by artist Joana Vasconcelos in 2001. “The Bride” was displayed in 2005 at the Arsenale, a museum in Venice, as part the Venice Biennale, a major art exhibition that occurs every two years.
Link via GearFuse | Artist’s Website | Photo: Fashion Indie
This glass chandelier — which looks to me like a big ball of fur — was made by glass artist Robert Kaindl. At the link, you can see some simply amazing glasswork.
Designer Stuart Haygarth makes chandeliers out of discarded materials, including eyeglasses. Pictured above is one of his works, made from 1020 pairs. In an interview about this ongoing project, Haygarth wrote:
For years I have always wanted to do a piece of work with spectacles or sunglasses. This started because I was always finding strange spectacles at flea markets and the fact that each pair once had an owner who relied on them as a tool to see. This narrative and the idea of making a light from an object that helps people to see (in the same way a light does) I find interesting. I have specifically chosen to use spectacles with transparent plastic frames so that the frame becomes illuminated.
Link via Make | Official Website | Interview with the Artist
Whoa! In this installation titled Blood, Money and Tears (2006) , artists Andy Diaz Hope and Laurel Roth created a chandelier out of hypodermic syringes and Swarovski crystals.
The human urge to modify itself has been a primary focus of my collaborative work with Laurel Roth. We have worked together on installations examining the utopian ideals promised by the pharmaceutical industry and recreational drug culture.
This series of chandelier sculptures drips with sparkling hypodermic needles and garlands of swarovski crystal, and colorful gelatin capsules. Viewed from beneath they create colorful mandalas on which to meditate on ones relationship to pharmaceuticals. The beauty of the object from a distance and the repulsion of the individual elements upon closer inspection create the tension of our cultures schizophrenic relationship to drugs.
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Wow. I’m pretty sure I’d eat this in a weak moment. But it looks pretty awesome. I wonder if it attracts bugs?
There’s a “bear” rug, too, which is funny, but probably not functional. Just thinking about stepping on a rug made of gummy bears kind of squicks me out a little.
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Check it out for closeups!
