I had a go at back-lighting the hangings with a spotlight for a stained glass / disco effect. Pretty pleased with this, and I love the way the light throws shadows across the ceiling.
Oh my goodness though, it has been challenging to find a robust way to hang this. It’s always tricky to get something that lasts but isn’t too visible or unsightly. For this I used split pins as fasteners and fishing wire hung across the corners of two walls.
The installation site is next to a door into the courtyard and the weather has been awful with some wild winds and rain blowing through, so whenever the door opens to the elements, all the paper pieces hanging from the ceiling on fishing lines have been swaying about madly. Various bits have been falling off and needing to be repositioned, although I’ve quite enjoyed the way this changes the shape of the installation; every time I put a flower shape back, it’s never going to be in exactly the same place. So it’s constantly changing – like nature, like the light itself.
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