ANDEAN Table Lamps

HEMISFERIO is a table lamp composed of a sand-cast bronze base and a hand-carved volcanic stone top. The piece contains an LED light source inside the top, which reflects on the inside of the bronze base to emit indirect ambient light. The lamp contains a pivot point that opens and closes the sphere. It is an abstraction of Ecuador as the middle of the world, representing the equatorial line. It proposes to maintain a view towards the South, the northern hemisphere in stone and our southern hemisphere in bronze. ICONOS is a creative and ethnographic exploration of the DNA and ICONS that constitute the Ecuadorian identity. The collection is a family of functional and sculptural objects based on the abstraction of Andean iconography and archetypes. It is an aesthetic exercise representative of the Andean region: its soul, materials, and talent.

• Jorge Avila Chico: Lost-wax Bronze Casting.

LLAMA is a table lamp, composed of a lost-wax cast bronze body, and a handblown glass lampshade. It is a reinterpretation of an archetype of llama sculptures essential within Ecuadorian artisanship. The form was hand-sculpted in ceramic, then 3D scanned and manipulated in CAD. Lastly, the form is 3D printed for the final mold for casting. ICONOS is a creative and ethnographic exploration of the DNA and ICONS that constitute the Ecuadorian identity. The collection is a family of functional and sculptural objects based on the abstraction of Andean iconography and archetypes. It is an aesthetic exercise representative of the Andean region: its soul, materials, and talent.

• Jorge Avila Chico: Lost-wax Bronze Casting.

LLAMA is a table lamp, composed of a lost-wax cast bronze body, and a handblown glass lampshade. It is a reinterpretation of an archetype of llama sculptures essential within Ecuadorian artisanship. The form was hand-sculpted in ceramic, then 3D scanned and manipulated in CAD. Lastly, the form is 3D printed for the final mold for casting. ICONOS is a creative and ethnographic exploration of the DNA and ICONS that constitute the Ecuadorian identity. The collection is a family of functional and sculptural objects based on the abstraction of Andean iconography and archetypes. It is an aesthetic exercise representative of the Andean region: its soul, materials, and talent.

• Jorge Avila Chico: Lost-wax Bronze Casting.