Inspiration - Field of Light

Ok, I know it's not local, but this lighting installation I came across today is so cool and is such great design inspiration for an ultra modern wedding.

The following description was taken from the website of this project's UK lighting designer Bruce Munro

"Field of Light was originally conceived fifteen years ago, when Bruce Munro took a trip through central Australia. The red desert had an incredible feeling of energy; ideas seemed to radiate from it along with the heat. The field of light installation was one idea that landed in Bruce’s sketch book and refused to dislodge from his mind.

Field of Light can be seen at the Eden Project in Cornwall from 1st November 2008 - 31st March 2009. Bruce Munro and five assistants worked over three days to install it on the grass roof of the visitor’s centre, between the Rainforest and Mediterranean Biomes. It is made of 6,000 acrylic stems, through which fibre optic cables run, each crowned with a clear glass sphere. There are 11 external projectors; the stems themselves hold no electric power at all. The installation covers an area of 60 x 20 meters, using 24, 000 meters of fibre optic cable. It’s best viewed after dark."

And apparently Mr. Munro knew that event planners would eat this sort of thing up because check out these awesome chandeliers he did at a UK special event.

(4/2/09 Update: I was contacted by Jenny Hall, a representative of Mr. Munro today who corrected me on this... these chandeliers were created by Mr. Munro for New York's famed event designer Preston Bailey for use at an event in our fair city of San Francisco! So exciting to know that he works in the San Francisco Bay Area! And I also found out that these 26 chandeliers are available for hire. No need to just be inspired, you can rent Mr. Munro's very chandeliers at your own event! Thank you for the information, Jenny)

You can see more photos and learn more about Bruce Munro at www.brucemunro.co.uk