The Chandelier Blog

Crafty Crafty:

As most experienced crafters know, there’s a use for everything, and all abandoned objects can be made to look pretty, including tampons. But even to the most jaded of craft connoisseurs this ‘tampon chandelier’ is still an impressive feat of engineering!

It’s actually called ‘The Bride’, and is the work of Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos, and is made of 14,000 shiny, wrapped tampons.

You can see a full-sized image of the chandelier in all its glory, with the individual tampons (and some uncomfortable looking guys) clearly visible here.

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FresHome:

Dottings Design decided to combine fringes and light and create this beautiful chandelier that has an exquisitely old look, that was exposed at Vienna Design Weeks between 3 Oct and 21 Oct 2007. This chandelier is a great example of how you can use inspiration from old things to create beautiful new stuff.

Luxury Launches:

Designed exclusively by Marie Christophe, this piece of light will spread extravagance more then light in your living room. Available on at Vivre, you can grab it to highlight the décor for this season. Swooping wires trace the space of a classic chandelier, accented by red beading gracefully arching from one arm to another.

Sports-Fashion:

Chandeliers are the perfect finish for your room and with such a variety of chandeliers available you can put as much or as little effort into as you like and you’re certain to find the perfect chandelier. Glass chandeliers are one of the best choices for many reasons so read on for some tips on choosing and caring for your glass chandelier.

Your chandelier can add a touch of class, make a room warm and inviting, or turn it into a formal serious atmosphere. It can calm a room or make it vibrate with life. Choose simplistic lines or elaborate fixtures. You decide the look you want. No matter what type of chandelier you choose it will compliment the other lighting in your room.

Victorian chandeliers are the number one choice for dining rooms and rightfully so as they are great for creating a tranquil and peaceful atmosphere. And there are so many Victorian styles to choose from including crystal, brass, and wrought iron. Your shade choices are terrific too from the most intricate glass work to simple elegant shades. Remember the shade is as important as the chandelier so be sure to take your time in choosing the perfect shades for your room. More.

Ferret:

Modern crystal chandeliers bring an elegant ambiance to virtually any room and also provide a dramatic entry statement creating a visual focal point.

The raindrop chandelier from ProDesign Lighting has an elegant cascading pink crystal flowing over 2.0m. With 87 crystal strings, it offers a delicate balance of beauty and aesthetic simplicity.

Incorporating pink multi-faceted crystal spheres, it catches and diffracts the light in spectacular formations.

LED lamps can be utilised as an alternate light source, reducing operational costs and minimising the task of replacing globes in hard to get to locations.

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Remodelista:

Came across this mountain laurel chandelier at rustic-designs.com for a rather steep $2,375. How about gathering a bundle of manzanita branches, lashing them together with twine, and threading a strand of white lights through the whole thing…

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Articulations:

What are art collectors to do when they’ve filled up their walls? Try the ceiling.

Chandeliers created by artists and designers are the buzz of the London Design Festival, which runs through September 25. The exhibition of lighting designs at Royal Festival Hall, the festival’s hub, was curated by the auction house Phillips de Pury and includes the work of Gaetano Pesce, Fredrikson Stallard and Michael Anastassiades.

Pesce’s Mediterraneo (above, left) has the buoyancy of a sea anemone. The chandelier’s phosphorescent effect is created by the LEDs that illuminate its 12,000 crystals in a shifting palette of cool tones. “Pandora,” designed by Stallard, is reminiscient of the exploded installations of artist E.V. Day. With the help of computer-controlled servo motors, his chandelier is continually broken apart and put back together again, a crystal Humpty Dumpty…

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Elite Choice:

Designed using PMMA sheets illuminated by a special fluorescent bulb, Polycarbonate tube and steel cable; this chandelier invigorate the traditional chandelier. The floor-lamp Josephine and table-lamp Marie-Louise, jointly leads to the creation of this stylish lamp - giving an overdose to the design world.

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Inhabitat:

British based lighting designer Ali Siahvoshi exhibited work at 100% Design this week, and is the designer behind Fabbian’s line of super-cool chandeliers made from knives and forks. Born and raised in Iran, Siahvoshi has a unique approach to contemporary lighting design. Using previous everyday objects, from table legs, coat hangers and cutlery Siahvoshi has designed a range of light fixtures that exemplify the beauty of recycling objects for new purposes.

Sporting Life:

Scottish golfer Marc Warren was back playing at the Seve Trophy in Ireland today after what was literally a shattering experience at the team hotel.

Practising his swing in his room after losing his opening match with Colin Montgomerie, last season’s European Tour Rookie of the Year smashed a chandelier above him.

The glass showering down on him cut his head, both arms and, most worrying of all, caused a nasty deep gash across his stomach requiring a trip to hospital.

“It was about a centimetre wide and looked about a centimetre deep,” said Warren. “I looked in the mirror and I was covered in blood.