Client: Verhoeven Twins
Year: 2016
Category: Art, Engineering, Project Management
“Virtue of Blue reimagines the chandelier as a self-sustaining lighting device. Inspired by the technology of solar panels and entranced by their inherent sparkle and shine, Jeroen Verhoeven transformed industrial solar panels into delicate, deep blue butterflies that flutter around a central bulb. Just like butterflies in nature need heat from the sun to power their flight, these solar panel butterflies can gather enough energy to power the entire chandelier.”
On permanent display at the Corning Museum of Glass (Corning, NY)
Photo © 2016 – Corning Museum of Glass