London-based designer Stuart Haygarth knows now to turn mass amounts of trash into awe-inspiring treasure. With training in design and photography, Haygarth conceived of the Tide Chandelier while collecting debris that had washed up on the shores of the Kent coastline. The enormous light fixture, measuring nearly five feet in diameter, is composed of a cornucopia of clear plastic refuse, from water bottles to sunglasses.
The Tide Chandelier gets is name from its spherical shape, a reference to the moon, whose tidal pull creates the waves that wash up the debris. The mass of plastic objects hangs delicately from monofilament lines suspended from above by a wooden “platform.” Haygarth’s lighting designs are inspired by collections of “banal and overlooked” objects, which, when amassed in large quantities in clever arrangements, take on a new beauty and stunning visual impact.
Tide Chandelier in an edition of ten, price upon request.
i love this piece, it’s so intrecate, but beautifully put together! well done
I ♥ Mich K
This is a BEAUTIFUL peice of work!!
I ♥ Mich Koobie
Great,
Thx for information….
garbage has never looked so good! the litterers where he’s from discard some pretty colorful stuff. you’d always be noticing new things. could get downright distracting at the dinner table.
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It’s just fantatic!
[...] into awe-inspiring treasure. With training in design and photography, Haygarth conceived of the Tide Chandelier while collecting debris that had washed up on the shores of the Kent coastline. The enormous light [...]
This is by far the coolest chandelier I have ever seen.
I love this, I was lucky enough to see one in the show designersblock last year. Sadly I think he only made about 10, all of which have been sold and were (of course) completely unique.
This year he had made these coloured lightboxes, each one colour and filled with various glass objects artfully arranged.
Hi I love this, How much is it and has it got energy efficent light bulb in it?
Thanks
Megan
This reminds me of an installation I saw in Buenos Aires. It was a bunch of garbage set in resin and shaped to look like the continents. It looked like ice and it was meant to look like it was melting. Very cool and very smart. The rest of it was related to this idea of the planet melting as well. I thought it was pretty innovative.
Fantastic. I really enjoyed looking at the chandelier. It would be a great conversation piece in any living room.
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nice. wonder how the shadow will play out.
Hey, I love this chandelier! How much do you sell it for?
thanks!
Janis
Hello, I am interested in possibly featuring this in our magazine, New York House, which focuses on green living and green building in NY City and the Hudson Valley. Could you send more information and digital images at 300 dpi or higher? Thank you!