Mark Chai

The glow of embers in a beach campfire in Hawaii. The play of moonlight through the leaves of palm trees. The precision of craftsmen building a wooden fence in Japan. Bodysurfing in the curl of the wave. These are the childhood memories of artist Mark Chai that inspire his handcut modern lamps and sculpture. Made of fine woods and recycled white plastic, carved into interlocking pieces of flowing curves, his designs of light and shadow reflect and fill the negative and positive spaces.