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Unique Rock Crystal Quartz and Bronze Chandelier by Luis Alberto Quispe Aparicio
7 December 2016, 10:00 PST
Los AngelesSold for US$10,625 inc. premium
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Unique Rock Crystal Quartz and Bronze Chandelier by Luis Alberto Quispe Aparicio
Entitled "Image of Life Itself", this unique contemporary light fixture was inspired by the designer's fascination with rock crystal. He states,
"the notion of light entering a crystal and being refracted at different angles served to remind me of a city full of translucent, naturally balanced skyscrapers. Some zones of rock crystal are so immaculate and completely transparent that the eye sees straight through them and seemingly on toward infinity. Others are "occupied", enclosing frost or fine filaments of mist whose undulations catch the eye. When I look at rock crystal, I tell myself that it is the very image of life itself, radiant with light in spite of some stormy passages. Rock crystal is colorless quartz with astonishing inclusions running through it and since the physical aspect of these inclusions is totally random, it goes without saying that no two crystals will ever be identical, even if they are sculpted in the same fashion. Each of them leads its own life and will reflect light in a different way just as every person is different and unique."
This unique "light sculpture" is composed of 57 rock crystal quartz points originating from Peru, Brazil and Madagascar on a bronze structure. Includes a voltage transformer which allows lamp to be used in 110V and 220V. Height approximately 62 inches (1.6 meters)
"the notion of light entering a crystal and being refracted at different angles served to remind me of a city full of translucent, naturally balanced skyscrapers. Some zones of rock crystal are so immaculate and completely transparent that the eye sees straight through them and seemingly on toward infinity. Others are "occupied", enclosing frost or fine filaments of mist whose undulations catch the eye. When I look at rock crystal, I tell myself that it is the very image of life itself, radiant with light in spite of some stormy passages. Rock crystal is colorless quartz with astonishing inclusions running through it and since the physical aspect of these inclusions is totally random, it goes without saying that no two crystals will ever be identical, even if they are sculpted in the same fashion. Each of them leads its own life and will reflect light in a different way just as every person is different and unique."
This unique "light sculpture" is composed of 57 rock crystal quartz points originating from Peru, Brazil and Madagascar on a bronze structure. Includes a voltage transformer which allows lamp to be used in 110V and 220V. Height approximately 62 inches (1.6 meters)