Foundry Manager, Jim Hornberger puts the finishing touches on a Special Assembly bronze chandelier. The piece, prepared for a client based in Los Angeles, originates from the foundry at Cosanti, where it was likely poured and assembled in the late 1960s. For the restoration, Hornberger gave the chandelier a modern twist by using bells created at Arcosanti, effectively including more recent foundry artists in the new version.
[Photos: sa & text: Amber Klatt]
The piece, when it arrived in August, with the majority of the chain links attached and the electrical components in ... sad disarray.
[Photos: sa & text: Amber Klatt]
Here it hangs. Amidst another day's work by two foundry staff, Gabriel Hendrix (l) and Nile Fahmy (r). At present the piece waits for departure from beneath the canopies of the Arcosanti Foundry.
[Photos: sa & text: Amber Klatt]
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