Absolutely stunning...
David Harber's new bronze outdoor sculpture, the Mantle, was featured in the Daily Telegraph's RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2011 buyers guide:
“Dance the light fantastic with The Mantle by David Harber (MA12). This is a perfect sphere of organic bronze shapes that create a latticework of blue/green verdigris. Inside it is gilded with gold leaf to capture the sunlight and create a warm ethereal glow. At night, transform the sculpture into a Moroccan-style lantern with a candle. Absolutely stunning...”
The Mantle, was also shortlisted for the RHS Chelsea Product of the Year Award, one of only 16 products to be nominated for this new award. The final honour went to Wilstone's very impressive eco charcoal maker.
The Mantle is a perfect sphere made up of hundreds of organic bronze shapes creating a latticework of blue green verdigris.
The underside of each shape is gilded with 23-carat gold leaf, to catch the sunlight and to create a warm ethereal golden glow within the sphere.
By night a candle can turn the piece into an enchanting lantern, emitting shattered shafts of golden light.
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