In the delicate light installation LIGHT\TRACE No. 1, optical fibers are embedded in white, handmade straw silk and gently draw their traces over the entire surface.
The transparent, fine optical fibers subtly emit their light and the viewer's gaze is lost in the superimposed optical fibers, which both diffuse their light and draw it very clearly.
This counterplay creates optical depth and ever new impressions.
Poetry of light
The individually partially processed optical fibers are inserted into the fine, multi-layered straw silk so that they emit their light inhomogeneously over the surface.
The paper, made from the bark of the mulberry tree, is so fine that individual fibres are easily recognisable.
The translucency and soft feel characterise the straw silk.
The depth of the installation is created on the one hand by the scattering of light between the individual layers of straw silk, and on the other hand by the coating of the surface with palladium.
The precious metal additionally creates small light reflections even when unlit during the day.
Therefore, the light installation is also clearly visible in daylight without being obtrusive.
Because the optical fibers leave their contours in relief in the fineness of the straw silk, an equally interesting surface texture is also created.
The interplay of all these factors gives the light installation LIGHT\TRACE No. 1 its poetic effect.
LIGHT\TRACE No. 1 was presented in the solo exhibition "The Language of Light" by Heike Stuckstedde / ATARA at the Göttlicher Gallery in Krems (Lower Austria) from 17.11. - 22.12.2018.
Interior design with LIGHT\TRACE No. 1
In private rooms, LIGHT\TRACE No. 1 can be used as an indirectly illuminating lighting element in the room, both on the wall and on the ceiling.
Reception areas and lounges in hotels, restaurants or accents in shops can also be designed with this lighting object.
When used in niches, particularly beautiful light reflections are created in the shadow gap by the optical fibers, some of which are led over the edge.
When spanning an entire ceiling with the strong depth effect of the superimposed optical fibers, an extraordinary atmosphere is created.
