spectacle chandelier

"Salvage pioneer Stuart Haygarth has created an eye-catching eyeglass masterpiece, turning discarded glasses into a gorgeously green glowing chandelier. Spectacle is an optical chandelier assembled from 1020 pairs of discarded prescription glasses, with a smaller size constructed from 620 pairs. The refracted light from the lenses makes fluid shadows that play across walls creating an aqueous lighting effect that shimmers as much as it delights."

This chandalier was at the Museum of Art and Design for their recycled art show and was really beautiful. The use of glasses to change the light struck me as really cool, especially since it seems like people obsess over vintage frames, well here they are, used in a really cool way! (plus the lenses are recycled instead of replaced too)

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