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Kalkota Design is an architectural lighting design studio.

11/23/2024

Hey friends! It’s been a minute. I thought I was going to wrap up my 100 day project and take a short break, and then I had another health setback. I’m finally feeling better, and I’m excited to share that I’ve created some Christmas ornaments inspired by my 100 day project!

These ornaments are so modern and unique, but they still feel festive and will have you humming your favorite holiday songs as you decorate … it’ll be Mariah Carey for me 🤩

For me, this time of year is a wonderful celebration of light and sharing our light … from my heart to yours, to help make your holiday season as warm and special as can be. ⭐️✨💫

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06/01/2023

Day 99 - The Tissue Paper. Today was a world of ice canyons and deep voids. It’s funny how something so fragile can conjure deep majesty and awe, just with a bit of crumpling and light.

05/30/2023

Day 98 - The Quartz Crystal. When I see this lit up, it feels like the light is somehow coming from within the crystal. It doesn’t seem like there are many places for the light to catch, but clearly there are. It feels very ethereal and unearthly.

05/28/2023

Day 96 - The Jig. I love this shade of purple, but again it was interesting how when I shone a brighter light through the jig, the purple was really washed out. All I saw were little pinpricks of light coming through.

I also love how the dimensionality of the holes creates a depth and play of light and shade.

05/25/2023

Day 93 - The Cat Toys. I love the beautiful colors that weave into the shadows here, and the way the simple cutouts made beautiful shapes and textures. Who knew cat toys could look so fancy?!

05/18/2023

Day 86 - The Dish Brush. Today reminded me of jellyfish and spiky flowers that I don’t know the name of! And I loved the way one of the lights made it look this beautiful mix of yellow and white, even though I always just thought it was white/translucent.

Another thing I noticed again today, is how an object can completely absorb the amount of light shining on it. There’s none left to pass through. My intuition says that often this might be the “perfect” amount of light for an object, where the color is most resonant. Though it’s often impractical to light just one object, but it’s something I’d love to discover more about.

05/17/2023

Day 85 - The Beyond Burger Tray. There’s something about this tray that I really like, perhaps the circles symmetrically set into the rectangle and the ridges that define them. When I shone light down the side, I was so surprised because it made me think of sunlight streaming down, and water, and the joyous way light ripples on the surface of water - and yet it’s plastic!

05/16/2023

Day 84 - The Cellophane Bag. It’s hard to believe this bag looked clear when I received a Mother’s Day gift inside it! In between Sunday and me taking these pics, it got crumpled more than a few times and then even in the daylight it already looks pink and yellow. My favorite colors were the blue and green, with the blue coming up on the surface at only certain sharp angles of light, and the green being a reflection. The only colors that passed through were pink and yellow. It’s fascinating stuff!

05/15/2023

Day 83 - The Packaging Fragment. First it was a dancing spider, then an embattled cockroach 😂 I’m not sure what this fragment came from, but it made for some entertaining shadow play today!

05/14/2023

Day 82 - The Plastic Straws. I didn’t think we were supposed to be able to buy these anymore, but my son’s spring carnival had quite the supply!

So here we are with some white and red light … it’s always fascinating to see how some colors won’t shine through others - so the red light was completely absorbed in the green straws! It was fun playing around with the way they worked together, though I really love the shade of green that comes through by itself - one of my favorites!

05/13/2023

Day 81 - The Quilling Tool. I love these swirls and their color, which sometimes seems blue and sometimes aqua, depending on the light. It was so interesting the way the shadow through the tool took on such a different geometry with different shaped beams.

Even though it was blue, I felt like it was a sunburst… and then one of the shadows felt like a caterpillar - poles apart! 😂

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New York, NY
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(917) 310-3164

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http://www.kalkotadesign.com/

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