Octopus Chandelier #2

Octopus Chandelier #2
This chandelier is Borosilicate glass attached to a welded steel frame. 24″ wide by 14″H. The chandelier can be easily disassembled for shipping.  The tentacles hold shells that contain the lights plus one light inside the head.

Octopus Chandelier #2
This chandelier is Borosilicate glass attached to a welded steel frame. 24″ wide by 14″H. The chandelier can be easily disassembled for shipping.  The tentacles hold shells that contain the lights plus one light inside the head.

Octopus Chandelier #2
This chandelier is Borosilicate glass attached to a welded steel frame. 24″ wide by 14″H. The chandelier can be easily disassembled for shipping.  The tentacles hold shells that contain the lights plus one light inside the head.

Octopus Chandelier #2
This chandelier is Borosilicate glass attached to a welded steel frame. 24″ wide by 14″H. The chandelier can be easily disassembled for shipping.  The tentacles hold shells that contain the lights plus one light inside the

Octopus Chandelier #2
Closeup of the eyes. I make the eyes using a technique call Millifiori or thousand flowers. I make a long rod with the cross section looking like an eye and then can make many eyes using round chips off of the original rod.

Octopus Chandelier #2
The head is removable so that the bulb inside can be easily changed. The siphon on the neck of the octopus unscrews and the head slides off.

Octopus Chandelier #2
Here you can better see the shell held by the tentacle that holds the light.

Octopus Chandelier #2
The tentacles lock into place on the frame so that they will not swing back and forth and are securely fastened to the frame with a nut.