chandelier made from 3,000 gummy bears by kevin champeny

dec 07, 2012

chandelier made from 3,000 gummy bears by kevin champeny

‘candelier’ by kevin champeny

‘candelier’ by new-york artist kevin champeny celebrates the iconic sweet – the gummy bear. made up of 3,000 hand cast acrylic bears, the polychromatic light spans an 18 inch diameter, filling a space with a saccharine glow. the designs are hand-made by champeny for american company jellio.

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lara mikocki I designboom

dec 07, 2012

Looks pretty amazing) Is it functional? Or just a piece of decor?
I think I can make something similar myself – what an entertaining)

William Miller says:
Dec 07, 2012
simplistic so so so so so so what

Paedra says:
Dec 07, 2012
Please show lamps in a dark room (switched on) 🙁

dlk says:
Dec 07, 2012
Nice & colorful, but I can see it becoming a chandelier of
3 thousand cockroaches if hung in a real house.

scotto says:
Dec 08, 2012
“…made up of 3,000 hand cast acrylic bears…”. luckily cockroaches don’t eat acrylic…

tess says:
Dec 09, 2012
Read the post. The bears are acrylic. So Long lasting! Just not as tasty…

T23 says:
Dec 09, 2012
Biiiiig deal! So he he hand-cast the bears, so he strung them together… really! and its worthy of being showcased here? C’mon you can do better.

Shabnam says:
Jan 23, 2013
Has this guy ever watched iCarly? Because Spencer made a chandelier just like this for Carly when he redecorated her room. Or did iCarly get the idea from this guy?

Donavexx says:
Jan 25, 2013
OMG that’s soooooo cool!!

Zhoni says:
Mar 20, 2014

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