Let’s Talk About Lighting!

Clay...

  There aren’t nearly as many options for chandeliers or lighting made out of clay which is one of the reasons that I am so interested in using this versatile material in lighting pieces of my own.

Midwest potter Norbert White often combines clay and glass to create his organic, flowing, pottery forms.  He has a talent for combining pottery with glass mosaic that is striking.He takes inspiration from artists such as Chihuly and Gaudi, noting the way they bring free flowing shapes to their work. ” I am very attracted to their lack of uniformity, the bold colors and their undulating movement.” -Norbert White (speaking of the works by Chihuly, Van Gogh, Duckworth and Gaudi)

  This metal and ceramic chandelier appears to be a moment frozen in time. what was once a perfect objects seems to have cracked along its grid lines. like the corrupt lamp, the light itself is scattered around, bouncing off the different elements. 
 This lamp series is made form porcelain and takes its form from space filling models (3D molecular structures)of poisons. the work demonstrates the sensuous form that these deadly poisons take. 

  This suspension lamp is constructed of a material we normally associate with weight—ceramic. Handcrafted in Jeremy Cole’s New Zealand studio, White Flax uses 350 ceramic leaves, which get attached to a stainless steel frame via patent alloy/silicon fixings. With a central glass diffuser lighting up the geometrically arranged bone china leaves, White Flax looks like a magnificent sun burning brightly in the sky or like a fantastic sea urchin glowing phosphorescently under the sea.

This stunning centrepiece chandelier is not only uniquely distinctive, but each of its bone china components is uniquely shaped by response to temperature variations in the kiln. The resulting vitrified unglazed material is surprisingly soft, strong and irresistibly sensuous. Hand-assembled to maximise the impact of this subtle, organic sculpting, no two Kou are identical.