Ramus Set

Description:

The Ramus Set is the three large branching candle holders together: the 9, the 11, and the 13. Set side by side they make a grove of three heights, and the branches cross differently each time they are placed. The set is made in an edition of 10 with a signed certificate.

 

The geometry:

A tree is one structure from the root to the tip. The roots split underground the same way the branches split in the air, and the trunk is where the two systems meet and become each other. Ramus is built on that single rule of division. Each stem splits, and each new stem carries the load of what grows beyond it, so the whole piece is one continuous system with no joint that was added afterward. The metal is far stronger than wood, so brass never had to grow this way. I took the rule a tree uses to stand and cast it in a material that never needed it.

 

In the room:

Three heights read as one tree seen at three ages. The set holds a long table on its own, and the flames sit at three levels, so the light reaches the faces at the near end and the far end of the table at once.

 

The life it enters:

This is the piece for the table that gets used for every holiday. It goes out with all the candles lit, and it is the thing people remember about the dinner.

 

Specs:

Solid cast brass, lost wax process
Finish: 14K gold plated. Polished brass and custom finishes on request.
Heights 229, 279, and 330 mm (9, 11, and 13 in); 5130.12g (11.31lb)
Edition of 10, signed certificate

Made to order: 4 to 6 weeks
Made in New York

Each piece fits a 1/2" diameter taper candle