These Little Lights of His

Pendant Lamp III ~ Fractal Starfish                                                                                                                                                                         Calabarte

Table Lamp XXIII ~ Raya                                                                   Calabarte

Polish engineer-turned-artist Przemek Krawczyński (pronounced PSHEMek KravCHIYski) makes breathtakingly beautiful shadows. They emerge, along with the light that delineates them, to magically decorate walls, ceilings, furniture, and anything or anyone else lucky enough to be in their way. Like temporary tattoos, they appear as swirls, circles, and geometric shapes, some forming recognizable entities, like butterflies, leaves, and flowers. The sources of these marvels are equally gorgeous. They are dried calabash gourds that Krawczyński has etched and sculpted by hand into functional works of art (story, slideshow): http://inhabitat.com/gorgeous-calabash-lamps-transform-any-room-into-magical-otherworldly-realms/