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The masala dabba lantern lit, throwing colour across the table

room 04 · lighting

light through material.

scroll moves the light

shades built and photographed in daylight, then lit from within after dark: the masala dabba spice tin re-imagined as a faceted pendant, and studies in what a shade throws across a room rather than what it looks like on its own.

made: paper · organza · acetate · bamboo
method: sketch, model, light it, photograph the throw

Masala Dabba ideation drawing, the faceted shade worked out on paper — 01 · drawnthe faceted shade, worked out on paper

The masala dabba lantern lit after dark — 02 · two livesdrag the light. built in daylight, lit after dark

The masala dabba lantern in daylight — 02 · two livesdrag the light. built in daylight, lit after dark

03 · filmedscroll moves the light. the circle of life, turning

The lantern glowing, panels reading as stained glass — every facet a different density of colour

scroll moves the light. the lantern turning, filmed

cast light. what the shade throws, not what it is

Refracted colour thrown across a surface by the faceted shade — 04 · the throwcolour laid across the room

Light through red draped mesh — mesh and organza, lit from behind

A warm bloom of light through layered paper — paper, layered until the glow softens

Circle of Life pendant, stacked discs lit from within — 05 · circle of lifestacked discs. the shade is the diffuser

Circle of Life glowing in the dark — lit, in a dark room

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