A picture speaks a thousand words, but so does a shadow. At first glance, Yaara Derkel’s Coppelius chair doesn’t look like much. Sure, it has fancy cutouts on the rest and on the seat, but nothing too interesting or detailed that you’d actually consider it to be art.
But once you put the chair near a light source and check out the resulting shadow, you’ll see what makes it so… special.
They always said not to judge a book by its cover. In this case, don’t judge the chair by its, well, appearance. You might just be pleasantly surprised. Or scared.
[via designboom via LikeCool]
Sometimes I think too much when I am watching a movie. All I could think when the Bat Signal is glowing on the roof of the police department is what would happen if the crooks took out the power. Batman would be sitting at home watching TV with no idea the city needed him.
I think I have found the backup plan with these 3D printed candle attachments. All you need for this to work is a wax candle to stick the little pegs into. Once you light the candle, the bat symbol shadow will appear on the wall.
This would be the perfect way to call Batman to help you in a power outage. There are different shaped signals available and a company called GeekHex makes them. At $35 each, they’re pretty pricey though. You could probably make your own with duct tape, a toothpick, and a sharp knife.
[via OhGizmo! via Nerd Approved]
Chandeliers add a certain flair to any room you put them in. They can be colorful or glittering with crystals, long or short, and wide or narrow, and fitted with lamps so they can aptly illuminate the room.
Forms of Nature is another chandelier, but it’s more of an art form since the light sculpture does more than just light things up when you turn it on.
Flicking that switch on will cast shadows of twisty and thorny vines and branches on your walls that looks the outline of a very creepy patch of woods. Kind of like the ones Red was running around in when she was running from her wolf of a grandmother.
Forms in Nature was created by Hilden & Diaz, which is a collaboration between artists Thyra Hilden and Pio Diaz.
The light sculpture is described as resembling and being inspired by Darwinist Ernst Haeckel’s drawings and plots of nature. It is described by its creators as “artwork with a light source surrounded by a dense and unruly tree and root system created in minature sculpture. The forest is mirrored around it’s horizontal central axis and forms a circle 360 degrees around the light source and thereby leads one onto the notion of a real world versus an underworld.”
Forms in Nature has been such a hit that Hilden & Diaz are currently working on launching a Kickstarter campaign to produce 100 pieces of the light sculpture.
[via Geekologie]
At first glance, London-based duo Tim Noble and Sue Webster’s new exhibition called Nihilistic Optimistic looks like a collection of discarded junk and random wood fixtures. But shine a light on them and take a look at the shadows they’ll cast on the wall, and you will be amazed.
The exhibition features six large-scale sculptures that cast larger-than-life shadows on the wall they’re being projected on.
The art of projection is emblematic of transformative art. The process of transformation, from discarded waste, scrap metal or even taxidermy creatures to a recognizable image, echoes the idea of ‘perceptual psychology’ a form of evaluation used for psychological patients.
If you happen to be in London, drop by Blain|Southern and check out Tim and Sue’s exhibit, which will run until November 24th.
[via Colossal]