"The entry point is above, not below."
aka
"I'd like to, because I believe in life elsewhere."
(close encounters of the third kind)

Gino Sarfatti, via wright auctions......

Now, there are all kinds of ideas that would be fun to believe in: mental telepathy, time travel, immortality, even Santa Claus. Now I know it's no fun to go home and say: "Guess what happened! I was in a shopping center. There was this tremendously bright light, and I rushed outside, and it was an airplane..

Excuse me, sir. I didn't want to see this.

I sure wish I had. You know, for fifteen years I've been looking for these damn silly lights in the night sky. I've never found any. I'd like to, because I believe in life elsewhere.

(taken from the film, here.)

Rich, Brilliant, and Willing.
the excel chandelier, perfection!

Stilnovo, via wright auctions.

I sure wish I had. You know, for fifteen years I've been looking for these damn silly lights in the night sky. I've never found any. I'd like to, because I believe in life elsewhere.

(dialogue taken from the film, here.)





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"The entry point is above, not below."
aka
"I'd like to, because I believe in life elsewhere."
(close encounters of the third kind)






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chandeliers.




























chandeliers.

1. Robuck and Company
2. Stefan Nikolaev





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lamps for the fortress.
aka
there will always be safety in the light, friends.















fortress
2. a well -lit place or source of refuge or support for the family, friends, and lovers.














lamps for the fortress.
aka
there will always be safety in the light, friends.


1. Henning Koppel, oil lamp, demark 1962, brass frosted glass..
2. Hans-Agne Jakobsson, 1960, Sweden, chandeliers.







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Shanda- Leers.

the sunday edition:
shanda- leers.

the star, the automatic.
a lamp for the mary chain.

the sunday edition.
shanda-leers.



1. studio job, more please! studio job is on fire.
2. stilnovo, 1960's. yes!
3. kevin and greg's home, via here. hollywood forever.









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things that hang in the night.

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"if the light becomes us."
chandeliers as art. art as chandeliers.


















































































































chandeliers as art.
art as chandeliers.


1. Cerith Wyn Evans
2. Constantin and Laurene Boym, c/o Wright Auctions.
3. Banks Violette c/o Gladstone
4. Terence Koh c/o Peres Projects
5. Ai Weiwei, 2002, c/o Mary Boone Gallery.
6. Chandelier via Waldorf Astoria Hotel, via flicker..
7. Yuichi Higashionna, via Marianne Boesky

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- "if the light becomes us." -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Lamp. On : Off

Matali
Crasset:

Diamonds
on
the table
and in
the
ceiling.

Hand blown glass panes.

diamonds in production

Matali Crasset’s Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend 1 is a glittering reinvention of the lantern. Every surface is the product of tradition. The metal is forged from paktong, a re-discovered metal derived from an 18th century Chinese candlestick. It has a unique hue of extraordinary silver inflected with gold. It does not tarnish and is harder than silver. In Europe it was primarily used for fire grates, candlesticks and parts of firearms. It is the perfect match for Matali Crasset’s lantern, already a contemporary classic.

The glass is hand-blown by the master glass-makers of Lamberts. Each pane of glass begins as molten glass blown into a cylinder. It is scored, laid on a slab of polished stone and returned to a furnace where it splits along the scored line forming a sheet. The sheet of glass is ironed to a smooth finish to create a beautiful and individual pane.

The lantern is lit by an internal hanging pendant made with hand-blown, milk-white glass and accented with shards of clear light escaping from the open-edged frame. The structure of the lantern is cast by the lost wax method, as molten paktong is poured into each ceramic cast to shape and cool. This precious diamond lantern is a jewel of sculpted design bathing any room with a crystal beauty.

go to made by meta here.

fantastic
chandelier!
(inspired by kelly lynn waters. here..)












Tee Tee Tee.
here..

un autre monde
2005
Le Nouveau Siécle
Museum van Loon Amsterdam, NL
Metal construction for lamp,
102 ceramic balls with letters,
100 platinum teardrops
1.50 m x 1.50 m x 2.20 m

chandelier.

Pae White

an artist:
her chandeliers of light,
and her home.
(inspired by the ever amazing, manmakehome)

Casa Cuadrada.
Pae White's and Tom Marble's Los Angeles home.
see more images here.

Light Art
Pae White
chandelier
Edition of 4

go here for more info.

1. Italian Chandelier, 1950's
2. Moooi "Dear Ingo Chandelier " via stardust.... here

"The Dear Ingo chandelier was designed by Ron Gilad for Moooi in the Netherlands. This modern design chandelier encompasses functionality with style. Designer Ron Gilad transformed an assemblage of conventional incandescent task lights into a retractable multilamp chandelier as an homage to Ingo Maurer. Each light, made from powder-coated steel and painted black, can be individually positioned. Sixteen black metal lamps are attached to a metal black ring and suspended from the ceiling. A brilliant and beautiful design."

3. Gino Sarfatti, 1950

to descend
and ascend
into the light.
diamonds and fractals.


1. Michael Anastassiades (mindblowing!)
2. Matali Crasset



listen here c/o feel my bicep, "Paul Simon – Diamonds on the soles of her shoes (Tangoterje ‘Diamond Dubs’ edit)"

4 lights
12 lights
6 lights



chandeliers.
(waking up to the masters.)

in order of appearance....
jacques adnet, jean royere, gino sarfatti.

"Happiness comes from Correctness."

Angelo Mangiarotti
born. 1921


“Angelo Mangiarotti is an absolutely original figure in international architecture, one of the few Italian masters (like Ponti, Nervi and Piano) capable of exporting his idea and philosophy of design. Mangiarotti's career began in the early 1950s and immediately produced works that became points of reference for the world of architecture, engineering, design and art, thanks to his ability to establish a dialogue with this normally distant disciplines – His profound sense of ethical values, civil commitment and moral rigor in the every gesture of his professional activity make Angelo Mangiarotti a rare example; unique personality being architect, designer and sculptor at the same time.” (Beppe Finessi)


























top two images,

Angelo Mangiarotti
1970, 1974,
chandeliers

read more here...

Cerith Wyn Evans
Once a Noun, Now a Verb...
2005, chandelier (Luce Italia), flat screen monitor, Morse code unit, computer



gummy bear chandelier!
ya ya chou



unknown painting


marci washington


taken from LIFE images...
During construction of plastic chandelier for use in Traviata profuction.

terence koh
2004

Taking the form of a boudoir chandelier, Terrence Koh’s These Decades that We Never Sleep, Black Light hangs with a tempting anticipation; its heavy weight dangles, both dangerous and beguiling, dripping opulent crystals and bijou. Rather than illuminating, the sculpture’s deadened black surface promises to devour. Flirting between pleasure and pain, lust and death, Koh offers a dark romanticism, filled with apprehension and possibility.

chandelier

julia kunin