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Girandole (Rain of Hot Stones)
2008
crystalized rock sugar, steel, plywood, shellac, and electric light fixtures
The term girandole refers to a form of ornamental branched candlestick or light fixture that resembles a chandelier as well as the popular eighteenth-century jewelry form that features a large central design surrounded by smaller stones. As with Mother-Load, Horn hand-molded this exaggerated, sculptural form not from precious metals and gems, but from sugar. Through its fantastical scale and unconventional material, Girandole (Rain of Hot Stones) conjures a dreamy, yet slightly foreboding, fairy-tale atmosphere.
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