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Pete Oyler of American design studio Assembly has created these stacking candle holders from aluminium and brass.

The holders can be used as separates or stacked up in different ways using a hidden connecting plug.

Sand-cast aluminium has been used for the holders and the connecting plug is made from brass.

The Assembly design studio was founded this year by Oyler and Nora Mattingly, and is located between New York City and Western Massachusetts.

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Hyde Candlesticks:

Sand casting has been used by artists and in industry for centuries. Wanting an elegantly raw look, Oyler looked to this age old process for these versatile candlesticks. Sand cast in aluminum, each is slightly different in finish. Featuring a hidden brass plug, these candlesticks can be stacked in myriad ways or used as separates and accommodate a ¾” candle.

Pete Oyler:

A versatile designer and thinker, Pete Oyler’s design work has been showcased (inter)nationally. After completing his BA in Art History and Critical Theory, Oyler studied woodworking in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina at Penland School of Crafts. Following his time there, he worked in various studios expanding his technical repertoire to include metal working, concrete casting, and mold making. In 2009 he received his MFA in Furniture Design from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and his thesis body of work won RISD’s Award of Excellence. In 2010 Oyler was featured in Surface Magazine’s Avant Guardian issue and in 2012 Oyler was named one of Forbes’ top 30 under 30 for Art & Design.

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Stockholm designer Anki Gneib challenged artistic collective SX70 Europe to transport her enormous carved candlesticks from their place of manufacture in the woods of Sorvi-Pojat in Finland to her studio in Stockholm. They decided to wear suits for the occasion and photograph the journey.

Eirik V Johnsen and Kristian Pohl of Mentalpropell transported the Holy candle sticks as the first in a series of experiments called Overland Express, for which they intend to photograph large and unwieldy objects as they’re transported across different landscapes.

Gneib’s candle holders are each carved from a single piece of wood with a brass insert in the top to protect them from fire.

There’s also a smaller version called Holy Moly.

She showed them at NK department store during Stockholm Design Week, which took place from 6 to 12 February. See all our stories about the event here.

Here are some more details from Anki Gneib:

HOLY – by Anki Gneib

More than ever we need to surround ourselves with objects that inspire us, that create a mood and make us reflect. The monumental candlestick Holy encourages us to celebrate in our everyday lives.

Holy embraces the Scandinavian traditions of worship and the importance of illumination during our long winter nights with the magical warmth of the candlelight.

The shapes are drawn from classical models, each with its own expression, that complement and interact
with each other.

They are turned from a single piece of wood, with a natural finish or painted with Swedish traditional colors.

HOLY MOLY: height 1600, 1400 and 1100 mm.
Adapted for pillar candles with 150 and 80 mm in diameter.

HOLY: height 570, 490 and 390 mm.
Adapted for taper candles, tealights and pillar candles with 40 mm in diameter.

Each candle has a candleholder in brass to protect against fire and candlegrease.

HOLY has had a long journey. I was curious to see how HOLY would interact with the landscape and challenged the artist collective SX70 Europe to travel with HOLY from Sorvi-Pojat in Finland to Stockholm. They have done this in their own inimitable style, and I am proud to share their project SILENT CARGO with you.

SILENT CARGO – an Overland Express project by SX70 Europe

We wanted to explore how HOLY would interact with the slow, flat landscape in Ostrobothnia. The suited gentlemen from mentalpropell.com accepted the task of letting HOLY inspire them on their way from Sievi to Stockholm. Their investigation of HOLY has led us to see new aspects, both of the candlesticks and of the suited gentlemen. Transporting monumental candlesticks led us to new insights on the interaction between physical objects, people and landscapes.

Kristian Pohl and Eirik Vandvik Johnsen has explored Deadline Art projects since 1988. «Silent Cargo» is our 18th project, and the first one in the series «Overland Express». Later «Overland Express» projects will further investigate what happens when large, unwieldy, mysterious objects are transported over large distances.

London designer Oscar Diaz will present a two-in-one candle holder at Maison&Objet in Paris this weekend.

It has a funnel to hold a tea light on one side and supports a tall candle when inverted.

Called Duo, the silicone product for Spanish brand Doiy is easy to clean because wax doesn’t stich to the flexible surface.

Oscar Diaz will exhibit a silicone pen pot for the same company during the London Design Festival later this month.

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The following information is from Diaz:

Duo is a candleholder that can be used with the two more common household candles. One side holds the traditional candlestick, and in the other the standard tea light.

The ribs in the candlestick side allow fitting for slightly different diameters of candles. The translucent silicone diffuses the light of the tea light, adding a soft warm glow to the dinner table. A small handle help to move the candle around safely once it has been lit. The wax can easily be removed from the surface of the candleholder as it doesn’t stick to the silicone material.

Duo will be presented as part of the new Doiy collection this week at ‘Maison et Objet’ in Paris (Sept. 9-13, 2011 ), Manta Design booth Hall6 StandJ66 K59.

Materials: silicone
Dimensions: 88 x 75 mm diametre

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REC & PLAY by Yuri Suzuki and Oscar Diaz	Ink Calendar by Oscar Diaz	Found by Oscar Diaz

Stockholm 2011: Swedish design studio Folkform presented their collection of brass and bronze pieces for Swedish fashion brand Whyred during Stockholm Design Week earlier this month.

The collection features candle holders cast in brass, bronze or aluminium made to hold tea lights and pillar candles side by side.

All the pieces, including a range of metal cabinets, were produced in the Rosengrens brass foundry just outside Malmö, Sweden.

Stockholm Design Week took place 7-13 February. See all our coverage of the event here »

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Handmade Mass Production by Folkform

Stockholm-based art and design duo Folkform were invited to create an exclusive collection for fashion brand Whyred.

The duo describes the new work as a celebration of old industrial processes and traditional manufacturing techniques.

This exhibition will show limited edition pieces, including lighting, in brass and bronze as well as a new collection of cabinets.

For their new collection Folkform collaborated with Rosengrens, a brass foundry in Limhamn, situated about 5 kilometers outside of Malmö on the south coast of Sweden. Folkform is committed to working with local manufacturers.

They want their products to reflect the spirit and history of the place they were produced. How the product was made, and by whom is key to the narrative of the piece; it is from this that they develop a product’s aesthetic.

Candle Collage

The new collection is available in brass, bronze and aluminium. Each piece comprises a candelabra, simple tea lights, pillar candles and hand-crafted votives to create a landscape of candle typologies.

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Hanukkah menorah by Richard Meier	Ventura Lambrate exhibition space winners	Hidden Layers by Folkform

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