Chandeliers are usually made of crystal and diamonds. This one’s made of tampons. At first glance, this dramatic chandelier created by Joana Vasconcelos looks ordinarily beautiful, but look closer, and you’ll be bloody surprised! The monster-sized chandelier is actually composed of hundreds of white O.B. tampons. Called “The Bride” this chandelier is right now in a gallery in Lisbon. It’s a 5-meter tall chandelier made from wire, cotton thread, and over 14,000 tampons. Right now, the tampon chandelier is only soaking up the gazes of art lovers, and will continue to do so until the Belem Cultural Center exhibition ends, on May 18, 2010.
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some pictures of the chadelier being assembled at Centro Cultural de Belém:
http://ei-losquepingam.blogs.sapo.pt/28078.html
And some more of her works(at the same exhibiton):
http://ei-losquepingam.blogs.sapo.pt/34293.html
http://ei-losquepingam.blogs.sapo.pt/35980.html
http://vimeo.com/10165063
From a design standpoint it’s beautiful and creative. When you first glance at it, it looks like individual crystals! Once you read the article, then you say, “hmmmm, ok”, it’s still beautiful!
Wow. It looks like a real chandelier from far away.
Oh my! Definitely a creative use of something that isn’t usually associated with beauty.
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