INNER GLOW IS A LIMITED-EDITION CHANDELIER THAT JUXTAPOSES ONE OF KAIA’S CLASSIC MOTIFS OF BLOWN GLASS AND BRASS WITH A MORE ORGANIC MATERIAL: PAPER PRODUCED IN PUGLIA. THE PAPER UNDERGOES A PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PROCESS AND HAS A RAW, TEXTURAL QUALITY TO IT THAT RESEMBLES STONE. THE ROUGH, ORGANIC PAPER CONTRASTS THE SMOOTH AND TRANSPARENT GLASS ORBS AND THE GEOMETRIC LINES OF THE BRASS STRUCTURE. THE WAY THE PAPER APPEARS TO GROW OVER THE GLASS EGGS BRINGS TO MIND THE WAY MOSS AND FUNGI OCCASIONALLY GROW OVER WALLS AND BUILDINGS. THERE IS A BALANCE IN SOPHIE DRIES’ CHANDELIER BETWEEN ORGANIC AND GEOMETRIC, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL, SUGGESTING THE POSSIBILITY OF HARMONIOUS COEXISTENCE.

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