A candle flame is probably the most intimate light there is. Small, warm, sparkling with a slight tremor and, at the same time, powerful in meaning. The flame is a living ornament with purifying connotations that lends itself to various liturgies, to participation, but also to introspection. To enhance that tiny flickering and symbolic light, designers and artists devise sculptural chandeliers, in a contemporary search to illuminate important dates.
The materials and modes of production are as diverse as their authors: wood carving, ceramics, 3D printing, aluminum. With designs originating from virtual reality software, such as Form’s Frosting
This is the case of the Alcachofa candelabra collection created by the artist Lola Montes Schnabel, daughter of the renowned painter and filmmaker. The playful spirit infects the Memphis series by Studio Roof, which recalls the colorful movement of the eighties of the 20th century.
But it is the forests that inspire some of the most spectacular specimens. The forests of Sweden, the six-armed Polspotten of the Dutch, covered in festive gold. For the American artist Dan John Anderson, the immense forests of Oregon are a permanent reference, and wood is his primary material. His floor candlestick, which rises to 122 cm in height, is made of carved cedar with a smoked version: a protective totem that robustly guards the fragile light of a candle.
