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TRICK OF THE LIGHT

AN LED lamp may be efficient, but its output isn’t always so beautiful. In their raw form, LEDs emit a cool, often harsh glow not unlike the kind radiating from your smartphone. It takes a skilled artisan, then, to make the medium look less iPad and more sculpture.

Niamh Barry’s high-concept chandeliers are made of

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