• Introduction to Objects
    • All Objects
    • Vessels
    • Comme Des Garçons
    • Hermès
    • Introduction to Lighting
    • All Lighting
    • Pendants | Chandeliers
    • Sconces
    • Desk Lamps
    • Floor Lamps
    • Introduction to Furniture
    • All Furniture
    • Tables of the Trade
    • Stools
    • Abacus Screen
    • Introduction to Commisions
    • All Commissions
    • Rain Chandelier
    • Crystal Sphere Chandelier
    • Constellation
    • Glass Slide Chandelier
    • Astrolabe
    • Bio
    • Artist Statement
    • Introduction to Process
    • Process
    • Publications By Year
    • Publications By Cover
  • 16th century astrolabe
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    ASTROLABE

    With the Astrolabe, Alison explores her ongoing interest in creating contemporary forms from historical and scientific apparatuses. Inspired by a 16th-century handheld astrolabe device that was used to chart the stars along nautical pathways, the device is here reinterpreted in bronze and hand-etched sheet glass with optical lenses and blown up to a sculptural scale for a site-specific location.

  • Form study drawings, graphite on mylar
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    ASTROLABE

    With the Astrolabe, Alison explores her ongoing interest in creating contemporary forms from historical and scientific apparatuses. Inspired by a 16th-century handheld astrolabe device that was used to chart the stars along nautical pathways, the device is here reinterpreted in bronze and hand-etched sheet glass with optical lenses and blown up to a sculptural scale for a site-specific location.

  • Drawings for Astrolabe suspension
    COMMISSIONS
    ASTROLABE

    With the Astrolabe, Alison explores her ongoing interest in creating contemporary forms from historical and scientific apparatuses. Inspired by a 16th-century handheld astrolabe device that was used to chart the stars along nautical pathways, the device is here reinterpreted in bronze and hand-etched sheet glass with optical lenses and blown up to a sculptural scale for a site-specific location.

  • Astrolabe cad drawings
    COMMISSIONS
    ASTROLABE

    With the Astrolabe, Alison explores her ongoing interest in creating contemporary forms from historical and scientific apparatuses. Inspired by a 16th-century handheld astrolabe device that was used to chart the stars along nautical pathways, the device is here reinterpreted in bronze and hand-etched sheet glass with optical lenses and blown up to a sculptural scale for a site-specific location.

  • Astrolabe installation day view
    Skylight study
    COMMISSIONS
    ASTROLABE

    With the Astrolabe, Alison explores her ongoing interest in creating contemporary forms from historical and scientific apparatuses. Inspired by a 16th-century handheld astrolabe device that was used to chart the stars along nautical pathways, the device is here reinterpreted in bronze and hand-etched sheet glass with optical lenses and blown up to a sculptural scale for a site-specific location.

  • Astrolabe installation views
    COMMISSIONS
    ASTROLABE

    With the Astrolabe, Alison explores her ongoing interest in creating contemporary forms from historical and scientific apparatuses. Inspired by a 16th-century handheld astrolabe device that was used to chart the stars along nautical pathways, the device is here reinterpreted in bronze and hand-etched sheet glass with optical lenses and blown up to a sculptural scale for a site-specific location.

  • Astrolabe detail of glass etching
    COMMISSIONS
    ASTROLABE

    With the Astrolabe, Alison explores her ongoing interest in creating contemporary forms from historical and scientific apparatuses. Inspired by a 16th-century handheld astrolabe device that was used to chart the stars along nautical pathways, the device is here reinterpreted in bronze and hand-etched sheet glass with optical lenses and blown up to a sculptural scale for a site-specific location.

  • Astrolabe night view
    COMMISSIONS
    ASTROLABE

    With the Astrolabe, Alison explores her ongoing interest in creating contemporary forms from historical and scientific apparatuses. Inspired by a 16th-century handheld astrolabe device that was used to chart the stars along nautical pathways, the device is here reinterpreted in bronze and hand-etched sheet glass with optical lenses and blown up to a sculptural scale for a site-specific location.