Eliza’s Big Question,
Table Lamp

This 2004 version of the Question Lamp was inspired by the artist's inquisitive first daughter. It was used in the public spaces of the East Hotel in Hamburg, Germany.

PROCESS + MATERIALS

Made in Chicago. Hand-carved in maple. Cast in recycled metals. Wiring suitable for hotels and restaurants.

VARIATIONS

 Metal variations: magnesium-aluminum, red-bronze and copper.

Finishes: high polish, brushed or burnished. 

Patinas may be applied to any of the finishes listed above.  

DIMENSIONS

H 16 in. x W 6 in. x D 16 in.

H 40.64 cm x W 15.24 cm x D 40.64 cm

 DATE OF DESIGN/MANUFACTURE

2004/2019

A table lamp named for the endless questions of the artist’s eldest daughter. Wood carvings were cast in 92% recycled cast aluminum-magnesium alloy and hand polished.

 This lamp was created in 1992 – 1993 for a Chicagoland residence and has been placed in a variety of projects. Variations of this lamp were created for projects in Japan and Germany. Made in Chicago.

East Hotel is the reincarnation of the bombed out ruins of an old foundry in Hamburg, Germany as a boutique hotel featuring Asian-fusion menus.

DONUTS
The hotel’s center in an indoor/outdoor public space, a donut hole, created by sculpting brick and concrete out of the muscular foundry structure and excavating 24’ of earth from the yard separating the foundry ruins and the new guest room building… 

Every detail of East’s architecture, art and design conveys the spirit of the old foundry and the surreality of a westerner’s first immersion in the east.

If architecture in frozen music (danke Göthe) thn ornament is the melody. It is the underlying concept which transforms structural rhythms, spatial and material harmonics and details into a meaningful personality which can create an emotional connection…the melody of architecture is its soul, the spirit of the place.

CREDITS

JMA Photos by John Stewart Clark, Chloe Mozer, Eliza Mozer, and Aaron Chicano. Additional photos courtesy of JP Goguen, David Rago, and Tom Rossiter. 

Drawing studies by Jordan Mozer.