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The stained glass forest
Posted by Patrick Burgoyne, 20 May 2009, 9:24 Permalink Comments (1)
Artist and art director Yuki Chong of Singapore studio Creamy Visual Communications created this installation for the ultra-hip New Majestic Hotel in which stained glass creates the feel of a forest canopy
"By using geometrical shapes, colours and light based on modular grids, a textural blanket was created to reflect the intricacies of depth found in a real forest canopy," says Chong. The installation is on the ceiling of the hotel bar.
creamy.com.sg1 Comment
Call me cynical but how can you recreate the feel of a forest canopy by using geometrical shapes? The forest is organic not geometrical. If you article had not said that this was the inspiration I would never have worked it out. What's more for my money the thing that makes walking in a forest is seeing the blue sky in the gaps through the trees.
As a lover of glass I really like the look of the installation, but just cannot buy it a a forest canopy. To me I see the influence of Italian glass makers from the 1950's and 60's but the I am know expert.
2009-06-04 14:02:41
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