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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

Andrew Gould featured in Second Issue of Road to Emmaus Journal

By Andrew Gould on March 18, 2016
Andrew Gould featured in Second Issue of Road to Emmaus Journal

In a previous post, I spoke of the great honor of being interviewed for the Road to Emmaus Journal. In June of 2015, I spent a week with editor Mother Nectaria (McLees), discussing the art and architecture of the Orthodox Church. This second issue continues our interview, and is titled Reflecting the Heavenly Jerusalem: Building […]

Posted in Architecture, News, Reviews | Tagged Andrew Gould, Architecture, ground zero, Lighting, Orthodox, road to emmaus, saint nicholas March 18, 2016

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

An Icon of the Kingdom of God: The Integrated Expression of all the Liturgical Arts – Part 7: Lamps

By Andrew Gould on December 31, 2012
An Icon of the Kingdom of God: The Integrated Expression of all the Liturgical Arts – Part 7: Lamps

This is post 7 of 12 in the series “An Icon of the Kingdom of God” This is the seventh part of an ongoing serial (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6) Among all the furnishings found in a church, lamps have always held a certain sacral honor. Saint John […]

Posted in Church Furniture, Liturgical Objects, Minor Arts | Tagged Byzantine, candles, chandeliers, choros, greek, lampadas, lamps, Lighting, oil lamps, Orthodox, russian, vigil lamps April 1, 2017
 

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