Talented Artist Vainius Kubilius
prudently crafts lamps that visually exhilarating and exotic patterns of light
on adjacent walls. Not like your typical light designer, Kubilius doesn't like
to simply work with metals and manmade materials. However, instead, the
creative innovator gets an idea and incorporates coconuts into his products,
which he designs under the label Nymphs. Because the head of the lamp is made
out of coconut, and after careful shaving, waxing, and drilling the project, it
shines like some sort of jewel. So, it takes 9 months to finish his first lamp
project, and he has since improved his technique and time productivity.
Therefore as the time passes, it takes the talented artist only a few days to
completely realize each of his creations. Notwithstanding his skill to compress
the time required for production, each lamp continues to demand the artist's
shrewd attention to detail, not to mention his skillful hand and profound eye
for design. Though, Kubilius designing light patterns is even harder than
preparing coconuts as lamp heads. He
explains that not all light patterns look good, but by creating several of them
I’ve learned what looks finest and what people like to enjoy the most.
Eventually, he admits, I want people who turn my lamp on in the evenings to
feel like they are in an enchanted place surrounded by an exclusive and calming
atmosphere. Nymphs’s lamps create a small oasis in every interior. Though we
were extremely lucky enough to inquire his incredibly designed lamps and the
light patterns they fill their respective rooms with. You can read his brief thoughts
as below.
Well, after finding the biggest
and roundest coconut, I’ve shaved it, sand it, and then wax it to make it flat
and shiny. Then I drill a 2cm hole at the bottom and with a small knife,
prudently, bit by bit; extract the white meat from inside. Once I’ve done it, I
drill tiny, precise holes for several hours to make a pattern. You know, it
wasn’t easy and I took it several tries before I learned how to avoid making
errors and ruining the coconut. So, creating the lamp base starts from
perceptive physics and doing electricians work knowing what type of light makes
sharp shadows, however, upon taking the correct components, welding them right
and testing every lamp. After that, I make shape by adding flexible wires, soft
parts, and painted wine corks to the body which are also covered in suede for
the elegant finish. However, cork is used to mount the coconut on the body; it
holds it firmly and doesn't have any hooks that would ruin the clean design.
Also, it's very easy to remove the coconut to change the light bulb. I stumbled
upon some shadow art projects on the internet. I was astonished by the concept
of art not having boundaries like paper; I started desiring to own a piece of
it. The problem is that either the light art was poorly made or it was amazing,
but too expensive. So I decided to make it myself. From then, I became
fanatical with it. I'm a massive admirer of geometry, ornaments, and patterns. Therefore
for me, the patterns don't have one meaning or one idea. They are full of
concepts. For me, every pattern stands for something adding some emotion,
atmosphere or even a story but I don't add them. That would make them lose the
chance of having various different interpretations by different people. Well, look
at how Kubilius's lamps turn an ordinary room into an astonishing oasis. As I likes
to create lamps that dominate the room.
Source: My Modernmet
