Inspired by sea adventure stories, gaudy church ornamentation, and interior design, Adam Wallacavage is best known for his octopus chandeliers that mix Art Nouveau motifs and surrealist imagination. Wallacavage casts the forms using traditional ornamental plastering techniques, then paints them with pigmented epoxy . It is an Edison bulb and they are trendy but they look awesome and it is pretentious to deny doing what you want to do out of fear of being trendy so do what you want. He currently lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
What do you get when you combine underwater sea creatures with elegant and sophisticated lighting?
You get the weird and whimsical octopus chandeliers of artist Adam Wallacavage.
The Philadelphia based artist uses traditional ornamental plastering techniques to create working chandeliers in the .
The skateboarder turned photographer turned chandelier maker Adam Wallacavage used ideas from books by Charles Addams, . An interview with world-renowned chandelier maker and artist extraordinaire, Adam Wallacavage. When did you start making art, and what inspired you? I found it later in the attic and was devastated.
Octopus Chandeliers by Adam Wallacavage. These beautiful octopus chandeliers by Adam Wallacavage. Via laughingsqui hifructose, octavekitten. Living in the home country of IKEA, it is always nice to see something original, hand crafte and AWESOME. Colin Kerrigan, Philadelphia Philly.
ADAM WALLACAVAGE is known for his octopus chandeliers. His house in Philadelphia is an extension of his aesthetic. Have you ever seen an octopus with tentacles the size of these in real life?
Through this process, I started making plaster chandeliers that look like octopuses. I am now represented by the Jonathan LeVine gallery in NYC. I also shoot photos for Swindle Magazine and enjoy spear fishing in Wildwoo NJ. Teaching himself the ancient art of ornamental plastering, Adam evolved his new found skills into making plaster cast octopus shaped chandeliers as the final touch to his underwater themed room.
Not content with leaving the chandeliers to his own home, Adam continued his experimentation by making more and more. Discover (and save!) your own Pins on Pinterest. In recent years skate photographer Adam Wallacavage has shifted his focus to sculpting chandeliers in the form of octopus tentacles, snakeheads, and other ghoulish creatures. The intriguing fixtures are are reminiscent of undersea dream worlds.
Made from plaster and epoxy resin, the art is as functional as it is beautiful.
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