Cycasi Icicles 32 Light Chandelier

Icicles 24-Light Chandelier, by Coen Munsters

In limestone caves, stalactites take centuries to form. A drop of mineral water, then another, each leaving the faintest trace, until the ceiling grows downward in slow, deliberate points. Nobody draws them. No two are the same.

Icicles works to the same instinct. Designed by Coen Munsters for Cycasi, it is light that seems to have gathered in a space over time rather than been hung there in an afternoon. Each element is hand-blown from satin borosilicate glass and drawn out to 35 or 45 cm, its surface frosted to hold the light rather than let it spill. Twenty-four of them, both lengths intermixed, fall on fine cables from a polished brass base of Ø 77 cm. The brass gives the piece its weight; the glass does the rest.

Behind satin glass, the G9 lamps soften to a continuous glow rather than points of light, warm and even across the whole array. The effect is quieter than a count of twenty-four fittings would suggest, closer to frost catching low sun than to anything that announces itself as a chandelier.

Specified with care, over a long table, in a stairwell or above an entrance, Icicles settles into a room as though it had always belonged there. The collection extends from a single pendant to a 32-light architectural chandelier, with wall, ceiling and table forms drawn in the same material language.

Specifications

Customising

This piece is part of Cycasi’s made-to-order programme. Configuration, finish, and dimensions can be tailored to a specific project through Caspen’s specification team. Start a brief.