Aero No: 04
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: 04
A floor lamp.
A floor lamp.
Maybe a little bit more.
For David and Elizabeth, it was love at first sight. David was a tall, handsome young man with adventure in his heart. And even though she was born in San Francisco, Elizabeth dressed like a lady of French high society. Her dearest dream was to strut down the
Champs-Élysées swinging her long maroon skirt.
One morning, David told Elizabeth that he had a surprise for her. He blindfolded her and drove her out to a hangar at Buchanan Field Airport. When he removed her blindfold, her bright blue eyes were greeted with a little two-seater airplane painted an almost blinding yellow. The plane had been left to David by his father, a World War II test pilot who somehow convinced his colonel to let him fly his plane home. What had been a war plane was about to become a love plane...
They first went to New York, and then Canada, Greenland, Ireland and finally France… It was a dream come true for Elizabeth. She was walking on air, almost breathless as the two finally strolled the Champs-Élysées together. David gently held her hand, looked in her eyes, and got down on one knee. Producing a velvet box from his pocket, he asked that eternal question which would bind them together forever…
Today, David and Elizabeth still live together happily in a house in Los Angeles, California. The yellow Big Dipper 34 that accompanied them during the most unforgettable moments of their lives has since moved on. And maybe, without even noticing, it creates the body of this lamp, which will soon be illuminating its new home.
