Snowball - an installation included in artist Bruce Munro's exhibition: Light Creations

The Snowball chandelier design came about partly through luck and partly through the wonderful book illustrations of Raymond Briggs “The Snowman”. The lucky part of the design came to fruition because I was stuck in a traffic jam in front of a shop displaying translucent Christmas decorations (balls for trees). I happened to have a fibre harness (for a shower luminaire I was designing) on the passenger seat of my car. I simply wondered how the balls would look attached to the fibre harness (all clustered together). I hopped out of my car and bought all the stock. The design came together within days. The name came about because the illuminated colours reminded me of the subtle colours in the animated version of Raymond Briggs' book; in particular the scene of the dancing snowmen & women under the soft hues of the Aurora Borealis.