Pendant lights...sure….they're nice.Terrariums...…Take'em or leave'em.Put the two together,it's true love!
Images courtesy of Bocci
The designers at Bocci have taken their original 28 series design to a new echelon with the 38 Series terrarium pendant chandelier.Spheres are suspended from an above canopy and have small spaces within each one that can hold not only lights,but earth and small plants,such as cactus,herbs,or other succulents.
38 is a wider investigation and development of a technique applied to its 28 series pendants,where air is pushed in and out of glass that is intermittently heated and cooled.Expanding on this idea,large glass spheres are blown,and then a multitude of white cavities are introduced into them haphazardly,intentionally intersecting and colliding with each other.Several of these are deep enough to contain earth and succulent and cacti plantings.Others are used as housings for the long life bipin xenon lamps.
There are two or three lighting elements per large sphere,and one or two planters.Electricity and suspension are achieved using stiff copper tubing,which is allowed to tangle and crinkle,seemingly without regard for gravity.Once in a while,these copper tubes loop around satellite white planters,appearing to have escaped from the confines of the lit clear glass spheres.
The appearance is breathtaking,and the mood takes one to an ethereal plane of existence,with no desire to return to the normal world of outdoor lighting.The Bocci 38 is a hit and we think you will agree.See the entire photo gallery at www.bocci.ca
