The iconic, custom - designed glass chandelier composed of 15,000 hand - blown
glass spheres made in Murano, Italy, will remain in the center of the dining room igniting visions of water drops pearling down from above.
Not exact matches
The
glass panels that
make up the carapace of the
spheres were being lowered onto steel supports in eye - catching shapes.
The film,
made from transparent plastic embedded with tiny
glass spheres, absorbs almost no visible light, yet pulls in heat from any surface it touches.
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make sure you watch the video below to see how these stunning
glass spheres are
made.
Even though these images
make the
spheres appear quite large, they're actually shot in macro view — because the pieces are in fact very small and include a
glass loop on each one so that they can be transformed into a pendant.
Among the highlights of the show are The Sun (1990), a floor installation of 360 triangular elements of white marble forming a grand circle, and the witty Self - Portrait (c. 1959) in which the artist's head is but a small ball of paper resting on a larger - than - life wooden torso with incredibly elongated legs (both works at Perry Rubenstein); the ethereal The Angel (1989)
made of 125
spheres of thin clear Venetian
glass delicately resting on the floor at Michael Werner; and at Mary Boone the five Concave Figures (1994), one of Byars» final works.
The red work was
made of strings of red square
glass pieces that formed a red
sphere and reflected red hues of light throughout the room.
Kitchen, an environment
made entirely of
glass beads, examines the domestic space as a psychological
sphere and a structure of confinement.
Some of his best - known works include a series of installations that destabilize the solidity of gallery walls, such that they appear to be dripping, folding, oozing, or absorbing furniture; also figuring among his oeuvre are pixelated clouds based on photographs and rendered with hand - colored
spheres, and sculptures
made from granulated materials like crushed
glass.
Following the legacy of Marcel Duchamp's ready -
mades, Kwade incorporates and inverts materials from the everyday
sphere such as mirrors, metal pipes, wooden boards,
glass, bicycles, and lights to create meticulously designed minimalistic installations that unhinge perceptions and playfully call into question value and classification.
Now put the
sphere inside a larger
glass sphere,
made of a
glass that is transparent in the visible but partly absorbing in the infrared.
The
sphere is
made of Murano mouth - blown
glass and «sommerso» g...
Upon entering this residence, guests are met by this impressive antique clock, topped with a blue mercury
glass sphere to
make it even more of a focal point.