light sail

in this lamp, a beam of light provided by an LED is lifting up its shade made of a hand-turned solid sphere of maple and 22 gauge steel. the shade rotates around itself via steel rods installed on the underside and protruding into the wooden sphere, evoking the behavior of electrons around a nucleus. this luminaire is as much a love letter to the realm where scientific innovation finds design as it is a fully functioning light lamp. all the motion and energy is then shot down from the atomic shade into the concrete base, which alone weighs roughly 40 pounds. the base’s service as a visual and structural grounding point provides a proudness to the luminaire, an unapologetic reason for its existence. overall dimensions: 23” x 22” x 69.5” led light dimensions: 1” x 1” x 55”