The Chandelier Blog

WorldChanging:

Environment: Approaches for Tomorrow at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montreal features new and old work by French horticultural engineer and landscape architect Gilles Clément and Swiss architect Philippe Rahm. The show “… proposes a shift in perspective that takes the environment, and not human demands on the environment, as the starting point for reflection.”

Rahm’s work investigates energy transmission in various forms and his “Interior Weather” seems driven more by sixties conceptual art sensibilities than typical architectural concerns. Clément’s past projects explore what he calls the Tiers-paysage (third landscape). The Tiers-paysage is created from the intervention of man into nature, sites that are no longer natural yet not wholly manmade, but transitional spaces forged when the two intersect.

For this show, Clément gathered refuse and wild plants from a vacant lot near the CCA, suspended them in acrylic casings, and arranged them to resemble a chandelier. When you think of how the chandelier began as a utilitarian object – planks of woods with candles stuck on top – and morphed into an expensive objet d’art, the artwork’s meaning expands. Castoff everyday objects (cell phones, toothpaste tubes, pens, and hypodermic needles) preserved alongside plants that tumbled onto the site (rather than being native or planted) and expressed in a high art form illuminate our ever shifting attitude toward what we conceive of as beautiful and what we consider negligible.

Rigging a brass and alabaster-colored antique chandelier (circa 1850s-1880s) on the two-story-high ceiling of the Admiral Nimitz Museum’s ballroom is Itz Electric’s Steve Scroggs. This fixture and an identical one were donated by Diane Stai for the project, which transformed the ballroom back to its former grandeur.

Fredericksburg Standard:

Many years ago, when Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz agreed to have a museum focusing on the Pacific Theater of World War II bear his name, it was only on the condition that the site pay due tribute to the men who served alongside him.

That humble nature of Fredericksburg’s native son will once again be celebrated this week (on the 122nd anniversary of his birth) with a grand reopening ceremony in which the Admiral Nimitz Museum will resume its rightful position as the “crown jewel” of the National Museum of the Pacific War’s collection.

The landmark steamboat-shaped museum (once the Old Nimitz Hotel) has been closed to visitors for nearly three years now while work was underway on a $3 million renovation project to bring the site up to world-class standards comparable to the newer George Bush Gallery next door.

Members of the public will get their first glimpses of the new-and-improved museum in guided tours following the 1:30 p.m. ceremony on the portico fronting East Main Street.

Expected to take part in the re-dedication program is another famous Fredericksburg-born career military officer– the recently retired US Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Michael Hagee.

Gen. Hagee will provide the keynote remarks. Serving as master of ceremonies will be RADM C.D. Grojean, USN (Ret.), who heads the Admiral Nimitz Foundation.

Activities on Sunday begin with music from the Fredericksburg High School Band from 1-1:30 p.m. Read more.

Photo by Lisa Treiber-Walter.

Harrison Daily Times:

Glass artist Ed Pennebaker of Osage will share the fruits of his labors with the Ozarks Arts Council by donating a hand-blown glass chandelier to be auctioned off at the council’s fundraiser April 7.

The chandelier, comprised of 110 separate pieces, will be made by Pennebaker in his studio, Red Fern Glass, in the woods near Osage.

The intricate glass piece, valued at more than $6,000, will take the artist about a week to create.

Pennebaker has sold his hand-blown chandeliers to people all over the world. His most far-away customer is a restaurant in Saudi Arabia, which bought 10 of his colorful glass creations.

He primarily makes art glass lighting, using traditional offhand glassblowing techniques.

On his website, Pennebaker explains: “For me working directly with the glass is a time of Zen, a period when I can concentrate on one thing only, the glass, a time to leave the rest of the world behind.”

The artist said the most important aspects of glassmaking to him are light, color and form.

“I want my work to take advantage of the luminous quality of light,” he said. “Light coming through the glass reveals texture and pattern and casts colors and shadows so the glass work interacts with its environment and becomes a pure visual feast.”
Pennebaker, a native of Pratt, Kansas, has a bachelor of fine arts as well as a master of arts degree from Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas.

Examples of his work can be seen on Pennebaker’s website, www.redfernglass.com Keep reading →

This exotic chandelier was manufactured by Resonance.

Resonance also retails a range of selected exclusive South African and African decor accessories.

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Absolute Home:

The Aladdin Light Lift is a motorized lift system for your chandelier. Now the beauty of your chandelier can be easily maintained as cleaning and changing of bulbs can be done by anyone at anytime.

Dangerous ladders an expensive cleaning services are things of the past as chandeliers are quickly and safely lowered within easy reach from the floor.

Light Lift comes with a special key switch which can be conveniently installed in any new or existing wall. The key switch is child resistant and prevents.

Price: $ 1755.00

Brad$Deal$:

Overstock.com now has this Brushed Nickle Five-Light Chandelier pictured for only $60.44 after this 7% off coupon (there is also a 10% off coupon for new customers), $24 below a previous mention.

They have a ton of other attractive, well-priced chandeliers (as well as other lamps and lighting). Shipping is just $2.95 and there is no sales tax (except UT, IN).

Home Lighting Design And Tips:

So you’re the proud owner of a chandelier. Now you’ll want to take special care to ensure your chandelier lasts a lifetime. For this, you’ll need to know about care and maintenance. The following are some tips and tricks to keep your wonderful chandelier shining its brightest.

When to Clean…
Crystal chandeliers need cleaning when the crystal loses its shine and starts looking dull. Clean modern-style chandeliers with glass shades when they begin to look dusty or grimy.

To keep your chandelier clean, dust it lightly every two or three months with a feather duster or wool duster.

Before You Begin…
Be sure you know how your chandelier crystal or glass design goes together before you begin cleaning. We recommend that you: Keep reading →

The Design Blog:

For all the nature lovers who don’t mind bringing a few glimpses of the natural beauty inside their living spaces, even if it is not real but no wonder equally beautiful…ten here is something for you. The Ether 150S Crystal Flushmount, by Eurofase, is a chandelier that takes inspiration the crystal like tiny dewdrops that are seen dangling down the leaves early in the morning.

The chandelier features similar droplets like structures made in hand-blown glass. A number of them are suspended together in a designer pattern in a radiant chrome finish. This one is an ideal lighting accessory to illumine either a particular corner or to be suspended over a table with focus on a show-piece or display item.

Available at Lumens for $7,020.00

Your family may not gather ’round the table often, but when you do, the environment should make everyone feel special.

Orlando Sentinel:

Formal dining rooms are not used very much anymore. During the week, it seems a miracle to have everyone home and fed at the same time. The casual seating approach around a kitchen table or counter has become the norm.

However, the dining room in our house remains a very important place, a special room where we entertain friends and celebrate feast days with family.

A room’s decor should complement its function. So if you are planning a dining room for special get-togethers, why not enhance the space with glam and sparkle? It’s also a night room, which lends itself to imaginative, dramatic strokes.

In the dining room seen here, I employed a combination of luxurious materials and reflective surfaces.

The maple hardwood floors and banana-cream painted walls blend softly together to create the backdrop for a tone-on-tone palette of rich light-wood browns and warm whites. The furnishings are an exciting mix of modern and traditional. White leather Parsons chairs surround a full-length wood table that is topped with bronzed glass.

It’s always inspiring to think up some feature that’s fun and fanciful, a conversation piece I consider the wow factor.

Chandeliers are all the rage again; this one exemplifies today’s trend of mixing the old and the new, the sleek and the ornate. A traditional crystal drop chandelier sits inside a tinted tube of plastic. You can make a cheaper version of this expensive European fixture with a glass chandelier floating inside a sheet of mirrored plastic. The ultra-modern fixture becomes a focal point, reflecting off the table and the convex surface of a classic butler’s mirror hung over the serving buffet.

Read more.

Sys-con:

Fiberstars, Inc., the global leader in fiber optic lighting, is pleased to announce that Fiberstars EFO(R) technology was featured in the Wall Street Journal’s “Home” Section on Saturday, February 17, 2007. The article, which focused on new and innovative chandelier designs, discussed chandelier fixtures by Neues Licht, a German design firm, which utilizes EFO to create spectacular chandeliers. The Wall Street Journal article featured photos of Neues Licht designs powered by Fiberstars EFO.

Additionally, Fiberstars CEO John Davenport was featured on public radio’s “Marketplace” on Tuesday, February 20, 2007. In a segment entitled “Change the lightbulb, save the planet,” Mr. Davenport was interviewed concerning Australia’s decision to ban the traditional incandescent lightbulb. A transcript and audio replay of the segment can be found online at http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2007/02/20/PM200702203.html.

“Fiberstars EFO offers a unique solution to reducing the energy consumption of traditional incandescent, halogen and fluorescent lighting,’ said John Davenport, ‘and we are proud that our technology is gaining attention in some of the nation’s major media outlets.”