Winnie Liu’s White Chandelier
White Chandelier. Designed by Winnie Liu, in collaboration with Innermost.
Deer, birds, cars, eye glasses, plumbing pipes, and skeletons. Quirky doesn’t begin to describe it. Winnie Liu’s White Chandelier has been likened to a giant charm bracelet and is more akin to an art installation than a light fixture. The jewelry designer, turned lighting designer, applies her love of detailed form and texture to her elaborate compositions of found objects. The chandeliers celebrate the inherent beauty of everyday objects “where objets trouves meet bling and trash is made equal to treasure through the application of uniform color.”
The objects that make up these elaborate chandeliers are pieces that Liu has been collecting for years - and no two chandeliers are alike. Each design is made from unique pieces, sourced to create a limited edition of 50 white chandeliers and 50 black chandeliers, produced in collaboration with U.K. lighting company Innermost. The white chandelier exudes a whimsical, dream-like quality whereas the Black Chandelier takes on an entirely different persona. Rather than whimsy, its tone is somewhat ominous and foreboding - but intriguing nonetheless.
Lui explains that for her, the chandeliers are exercises in composition. She loves contrasting textures and reflections created by placing different objects next to each other. The chandelier’s dimensions are roughly 30” to 40” Diameter x 50” to 60” Height and appear to cost around $20,000 each (some more, some less).
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