Design
Poetic light
This egg light fixture has a raw concrete exterior and a gilded interior.
Image courtesy of: Homedit
The Brazilian-born Natalie Sanzache has a talent for beauty. Now living in France, Sanzache creates gorgeous fixtures from plaster and concrete. In order to “play” with the light, she uses plaster “lace” to showcase the many different ways light can be cast.
Sanzache calls her fixtures “eggs” and these beautiful shapes present light in a completely unique form.
A little one and a big one… both stunning!
Image courtesy of: Natalie Sanzache
Perhaps it is the juxtaposition between the raw and the polished that makes Sanzache’s pieces appear so dramatic. We especially love the edge’s organic shape and the natural fissures on the inside.
The domes can come in grey, white, gold, and copper. The unique variations of these colors are some of the “secrets” Sanzache holds within her studio. She is also careful not to share the specific powder and mixture ratio that makes her magic potion.
The raw exterior of this fixture is paired with an abstractly painted interior.
Image courtesy of: Homedit
It was during her ceramics apprenticeship fifteen years ago that Sanzache first starting working with the raw concrete which she compares to moist dirt.
Sanzache also worked with cabinetmakers to learn about their thoughts regarding patina and their techniques for shaping materials. Through this learning process, one thing has remained clear… Sanzache loves playing with light!
Adrien Rouben’s flowers combined with Natalie Sanzache’s lighting sculptures.
Image courtesy of: Adrien Roubens
Recently, Sanzache collaborated with Adrien Rouben, the Belgian street and graffiti artist. Rouben started the installation by painting pink and blue bursts of flowers on white wood panels. Then, Sanzache added in lace sculptures made of chicken wire and white plaster. Of course the finishing touch was the light element behind the lace sculpture which was used to create shadows.
“Noctiluca Scintillans”, 2018.
Image courtesy of: Adrien Roubens
About her work, Sanzache was quoted as saying, “I am an artist that works with materials, a sculptor of light. I cut, work and weave wire meshes. I throw and spread my concrete with brushes to design my white and coloured lace. Then, I choose the light source to draw the shadows cast on the walls. Sculpture becomes artistic, poetic, contemporary.”
