HiiH Lights - Handmade Paper Lights

Recently I was contacted by Tristan Stoch, a videographer in Oregon, who had just completed a short video portrait of HiiH Lights, the creative enterprise of two Portland artists who make extraordinary paper lights. The video is lovely... take a look.

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Lâm Quảng and Kestrel Gates, husband and wife, work together hand sculpting and painting custom lighting for private homes, shops, restaurants, offices, galleries, outdoor exhibits, and even the New York Metropolitan Opera.

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Lâm, who is from Vietnam originally, began making paper in the late 1990s. It wasn't long before he became interested in creating sculptural lamp forms, inspired by memories of childhood moon festivals. Kestrel, who has a background in the performing arts, joined him in 2004. They design pendant and table lamps, sconces, standing lights, and chandeliers that are inspired by nature... flowers, sea creatures, and even insects.

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Lâm and Kestrel work with natural, raw materials, such as cotton and abaca paper pulp, local beeswax, damar resin, walnut and indigo dyes, along with Golden airbrush paint. He creates the armature of the lights with bamboo and wire of various types.

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Right... I seem to be getting away from choosing just one stellar image for my Fab Friday posts. But while clicking, clicking, clicking through the HiiH Lights photos on Flickr, it was impossible to choose just one.

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Is it any wonder?
Have a great weekend!


Ann Martin
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Comments

  1. They are sooo beautiful.... Must have in the house!!!

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  2. Goodness- Those lights are gorgeous! Thank you for commenting on my blog and on my "I Quilled Superman" post! I am really excited to find a paper crafting blog like yours! The design on your cover photo is just beautiful! Did you do it?

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    1. Thanks Tricia! Yes, the header pic is part of a design I did for a marriage certificate.

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  3. what a great team, creating together, wonderful nature-inspired works of art. Thanks again Ann for bring these to the fore like you do

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  4. Those are amazingly gorgeous. I love the depth of color and slightly translucent glow that comes through the paper, and also the beautiful design of the forms.

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  5. Wow, those are completely stunning! Thanks for sharing!

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  6. simply beautiful work!!! I would love to create something like that, I might have to try.

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  7. I have no words to describe the beauty of these lamps. They all good very very beautiful. Thanks for sharing Ann.

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  8. Gorgeous work as always, can't wait to get one of my very own!!

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  9. Anne, I really like this find! These paper lights are just beautiful!

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  10. The Paper Lights, are they for sale? Can I get the email of the seller? Thanks.

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    1. Yes, they do still make and sell their lights. You can contact them via their website... I've updated the address.

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