Willowlamp continues to redefine the way luxury lighting is designed, produced and tailored to create unique spaces. From indigenous and unique flowers such as the protea, to enchanted forests, conical seashells, rivers, storms, galaxies and now ancient caves, willowlamp’s unique design methodology knows no bounds.
The new chandelier boasts the company’s patented and fastener-free notch system, which allows for the flow of curtains, veils or latticework of straight, looped or willowed metal ball chains. These flow elegantly from laser-cut steel frames to create an infinite variety of nature-inspired lighting designs.
Telling the stories captured in nature
Born in the Cradle of Humankind, Adam Hoets, founder and creative director of willowlamp, is driven to celebrate the geometrical shapes and abstracted extrusions inspired by nature in Africa.
The walls of caves are known to tell tales of life – from cavemen drawings to engravings. Hoets believes that nature itself has a story to tell and each design strives to ignite these stories through shape and form to celebrate creation, and ultimately love.
The new Stalactite chandelier is inspired by one of the world’s heritage sites, the Cango Caves, which are enormous and dripping with gigantic stalactites. A stalactite is an icicle-shaped formation that hangs from the ceiling of a cave. It is produced by the precipitation of minerals from water dripping through the cave ceiling.
Most stalactites have pointed tips. Stalactites take their name from the Greek word “to drip”. In fact, this is how they are formed, through mineral deposits dripping through water streams.
In keeping with the spirit of timeless design that surpasses and uplifts any trend, stalactites form extremely slowly. As such, radiometric dating has shown that some are hundreds of thousands of years old.
Similarly, careful consideration has gone into every curvature of this chandelier. The pleated ball chain curtaining is engineered to form a luxurious layer upon layer for the overall formation. This subsequently creates the sense of a stalactite dripping from the ceiling and stretching towards the floor.
Hoets says, “The primary inspiration behind this design was driven by a desire to recreate the surface texture of these formations, the rippling striations and convoluted textures that build up on the surface of stalactites over many centuries.”
A moving artwork
Furthermore, each lamp is a moving sculpture. Each is intended to be fully integrated into its surroundings, spreading an interactive and enchanting play of light between the lamp and the space around it as well as with those experiencing the space.
These illuminated sculptural art pieces reshape interior spaces using organic form and the movement of light. They create a textured and organic ambience that brings the outdoors indoors, to their chosen spaces.
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