Aero No: 02
Aero is a collection of five lighting pieces made of aluminum aerospace pieces and walnut wood, representing the magnificence of the universe and mother earth. It is an exploration of reusing and repurposing with a mid-century influence.
Aero’s signature elements were produced by Lockheed Missiles, Space and Propulsion Company in California. As Lockheed closed in the 1970’s, all its pieces were sold to the junk yards around the Burbank area. The lamps incorporate zinc chromate aerospace components, each with their own story. Maybe one of them landed on the moon with the rocket it belonged to… Maybe another fought in the skies above Europe as a part of a WWII P-38 Lightning aircraft…
This is Aero No: 02
A pendant lamp.
A pendant lamp.
Maybe a little bit more.
July 20, 1969… 8:18PM… The Apollo XI mission landed on the surface of the moon with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin while Michael Collins orbited above. Those three brave astronauts left their landing and service modules on the desolate lunar surface, returning to earth in the command module, Columbia.
Many small parts of that legendary spacecraft are infused with the signature design of a the Lockheed corporation. When the Burbank Lockheed plant closed in the 1970’s, all its remaining parts were delivered to nearby junkyards. Some of those parts have been revived in the body of this lamp.
Maybe they were among the ones that made the Apollo missions possible. Maybe they were the pieces that helped the scientists build the first solar satellite Vanguard 1. Who knows, maybe they were broken and unusable so they never made it to space and they've just been biding their time, basking in the Southern California sun all these years…
