Crackle Fern Luminaire
This “Crackle Fern Luminaire” brightens a space with subtle light & vibrant pattern. As a box light prototype still being tested, it is intended to be portable, with an auxiliary rechargeable battery.
Crackle fern refers to the processes used to develop this design. When a potato starch resist dries on fabric, it cracks like mud in the sun, leaving spaces for dye to enter. That photo silk-screened pattern was overlaid with another silk screened image of ferns on velvet.
Title: “Crackle Fern Luminaire”
Client: Artist’s prototype
Date: 2025
Project Manager: Choiyee Wong, Myodo, Portland, OR
Dimensions: 9 3/4″ x 14″ x 4″, glass panels- each 13″ x 8 3/4″ x 3/16″
Materials: painted wood, printed glass, silicone, LED tape lights, rechargeable battery/ switch
Glass Panels: Myodo, Portland, OR
Engineering: Rift Millwork, Hillsboro, OR
Fabrication: Rift Millwork, Hillsboro, OR
Sites: The Allison Inn & Spa, Newberg, OR & artist’s studio, Chester, CA
Photography: Suzanne Morey Lee