Anna Maia Brazilian Lamp

Item Number: 132
Time Left: CLOSED
Value: $1,250
Online Close: May 12, 2009 10:00 PM EDT
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Description
Through her use of indigenous designs culled from nature and the sacred rituals of the native population, Ana Maia has created a line of truly unique and amazing lamps which serve as an artistic expression of beauty and contemporary living. Many models, based upon the mythology of ancestral cultures, are designs hand cut with a surgical scalpel. They exhibit classic spacing and formats seen only in her work. By substituting the artist's traditional canvas with hand made vegetable parchment from the oldest and most traditional mills in both Italy and France, Ana Maia has created an effect heretofore unparalleled in this medium. Thus, the synthesis of these many components has resulted in a piece of fine art with the unique signature of Ana Maia.
This lamp is handpainted with acrylic paints, on vegetable parchment paper. Anna Mai uses a surgical scalpel to make the tiny cuts in the design. The lamp stands 41" tall, and takes 3 (three) 40 or 60 watt bulbs.