Dark nights crave unique candle holders

Something I love with the dark nights is candlelight and the shadows and patterns that candles create. This is the smallest in a small series of bronze and silver candle holders with small stylised butterflies.

The cast light from the flame highlights the white wings and creates shadows in a subtle gentle way. Ideally this candleholder should be placed in a dark corner where the minimalistic light from the candle gets to realise its full potential.

Photograph: Christian Habetzeder

Setting the scene

Setting the scene with handsawn silver napkin rings at the table. My aim is to extend this design into stainless steel so that these can be produced in a small scale series.

Another idea is to combine seven stainless steel napkin rings with one silver ring as a 'set', so that for special occasions, the person that is being celebrated gets to have the silver ring at their place.

It's been a while since I wrote.....

Yes it's been incredibly hectic at LOD since I last wrote. A lot of work and different kinds of commissions have been eating into my blogging time with a vengence, but today's the day to break that trend and report on what's been going on.

For a start the gallery's changed and we had a lovely 'Pre-Summer' vernissage on the 30th June in conjunction with Woha. Take a little look at LOD's Blog to see pictures of the event at www.lod.nu . During the summer months it's minimalism that rules at LOD

'Nothing To Declare' is a summer exhibition of sketch lights and objects based on materials that don't have monetary value but have qualities unique to the materials that have been used. Often the sketches and models that pre-date a design are more free and have a slightly different feel to them as one has worked quickly and with the confidence that comes without being restrained by the 'cost' of the material. This exhibition celebrates this aspect of design and Papillions De Nuit is my contribution - an industrial fluttering of butterflies to the flame in stainless steel.

My placemats and glass coasters are also on display. That's a collection that I'll shortly be telling you more about. It's nice to be back!