TETRIS
CHANDELIER
Candle holder
2023SHOU 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.