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TETRIS CHANDELIER

Candle holder

2023

SHOU SUGI BAN, RED PAINT, METAL INSERTS

VARIOUS SIZES, FOR THREE, FIVE AND SEVEN CANDLES

LIMITED EDITION





FIRE, IN ITS BEAUTY AND DANGER, OPENS UP A SPACE FOR CONTEMPLATING THE TRANSIENT WITHIN THESE BURNT WOODEN CANDLE HOLDERS INSPIRED BY A CENTURIES-OLD JAPANESE TECHNIQUE, TELLS A PROFOUND STORY SOLELY THROUGH THE CHARRED SURFACE. THIS POETIC IDEA EMERGED AFTER THE BURNT-DOWN CANDLES HAD STARTED TO LIGHTLY CHARR THE SURFACE OF THE ROUGH WOODEN PROTOTYPES.

THE THREE SIMPLE, REPEATING BASIC SHAPES MERGE INTO A FASCINATING GEOMETRIC FIGURE CONSTRUCTED ON THE SAME FOUNDATIONAL FORM. TETRIS DAZZLES IN DISTINCT VARIATIONS: FOR THREE, FIVE, OR SEVEN CANDLES ON A TABLE WITH THE FLOOR STANDING CANDELABRA HOLDING UP TO ELEVEN CANDLES. THEY CARRY A RICH HERITAGE, INTER-WEAVING TALES OF TRADITION, ORIGINS, AND A LONGING FOR BEAUTY.



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