Did you ever wonder who the artist is who did these fantastic Lobby Chandeliers? Read Below, Mr. Margulies has sent us the Information and a web site of her works.
From:
Paige Kelchner
Assistant to Martin Z. Margulies
aqua creations: Ayala Serfaty
Ayala Serfaty, born in Tel Aviv 1962, studied fine art at the Bezalel academy of art in Jerusalem, then, in 1985, continued her studies at the Middlesex polytechnic in England. In 1993 Ayala founded 'aqua creations' with husband Albi Serfaty, and remains the sole designer of the company.
Ayala uses a feminine way to break minimalism in her work, using textures to form surfaces and taking her colors and scale from art. Her early work is influenced by underwater plants and creatures, translating the laws of nature into handmade furniture and lighting. While she first worked in sculpture and furniture, now with aqua creations, they are concentrating on lighting. Their work has included interiors, site specific lighting and then their ranges of lamps.
The sculpted lamps are made of treated silk laid on a metal structure. The silks are hand dyed in India aqua's newest collections are 'Soma', something that Alaya feels relates back to her origins as an artist. The research is free of end use or time limits and returns to work of more self expression. Soma’s structure is composed of ‘lampworked’ layers of tinted transparent glass veins that create both depth and surface, a clear skin is webbed over the glass structure. Both materials are extremely fragile.
Their symbiotic relationship creates a strong spatial structure, merging the two materials into specificity. Soma lightened objects explore the interaction created between the glass structure and the skin, and the relativity of coverage to visible depth.
the practice of soma is evolving from one piece to the next. Each of these pieces is exploring ways to transform calligraphy into texture and into structure. In each piece various particular relationships are created between the surface, light and shade.
Soma is the result of a team-work of artists who bring different skills to the table; partner, Albi Serfaty developed the clear-web technology, Eytan Hall and Anna Gautier of aqua creations weave the glass and lampwork it to its unique, one of a kind structure and Marcelle Klein and Ronit Zor are independent artists which whom are commissioned to create the ceramics. In fact the aqua creations studio, in Tel Aviv, if filled with employees who help develop, produce and package the products. Aqua now, also has offices in New York, USA, Holland and Europe.