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A Constellation of Chandeliers – Some Recent Lighting Projects

By Andrew Gould on March 29, 2019
A Constellation of Chandeliers – Some Recent Lighting Projects

I have written some articles in the past about large choros chandeliers that I have designed and installed. But today, I’d like to introduce a number of other lighting projects: individual or unusual fixtures, chandeliers in interesting places, and other pieces I’ve had the pleasure of making. I will start with a recent chandelier I […]

Posted in Minor Arts | Tagged Andrew Gould, Byzantine, chandelier, choros, cnc, laser cutting, Lighting, New World Byzantine, new world byzantine studios, Orthodox, russian, steel March 29, 2019

Two New Choros Chandeliers

By Andrew Gould on January 29, 2016
Two New Choros Chandeliers

I have had the opportunity recently to make and install two choros chandeliers, a type of fixture that is of particular interest to me as a designer. I have written previously about similar chandeliers I have installed in churches in Charleston, South Carolina, and Waldorf, Maryland, and I refer readers to those articles for information […]

Posted in Architecture, Minor Arts | Tagged Andrew Gould, Byzantine architecture, chandelier, choros September 2, 2017

Lighting in Orthodox Churches: Liturgical Principles and Practical Ideas

By Aidan Hart on August 27, 2015
Lighting in Orthodox Churches: Liturgical Principles and Practical Ideas

What are we aiming to achieve when we choose lighting for an Orthodox church? We need a certain amount of light to see, but lighting also creates an ambience, helps to create an inner state. So what ambience are we seeking to create in our churches? These and other questions face parishes and monasteries when […]

Posted in Architecture, Minor Arts | Tagged Aidan Hart, Byzantine, chandelier, choros, lamp, lampada, liturgical lighting, oil lamp, Orthodox, polycandelon, russian, vigil lamp August 27, 2015

A Choros Chandelier for a Timber Frame Church

By Andrew Gould on January 9, 2014
A Choros Chandelier for a Timber Frame Church

During the fall and winter of 2013, I had the marvelous opportunity to make and install a choros chandelier for St. Thomas the Apostle Orthodox Church in Waldorf, Maryland (a parish of the American Carpatho-Russian Diocese). The project was my second large articulated choros (the first, in South Carolina, was described in this article from […]

Posted in Church Furniture, Minor Arts | Tagged Andrew Gould, Byzantine, chandelier, choros, Decani, greek, light fixture, Lighting, Munich, New World Byzantine, NWBStudios, Orthodox, Plasma cut, steel January 9, 2014

The Holy Ascension Choros

By Andrew Gould on June 14, 2012
The Holy Ascension Choros

  The Holy Ascension choros, which was completed Pascha 2012, has been a project eight years in the making. In 2004, my wife and I were on our way to Charleston, SC for my first job out of architecture school – to design Holy Ascension Orthodox church. On our way, we stopped in New York […]

Posted in Minor Arts | Tagged Aachen, Byzantine, candles, chandelier, choros, corona, Eastern Orthodox, Hildesheim, liturgical arts, liturgy, Munich Choros, Orthodox, Orthodoxy July 10, 2014
 

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