The Becoming AGNI | Hanging Lamp

In Indian homes, puzzles were not always cardboard , they were wooden toys stacked, spun and balanced. Lacquered reds from Channapatna make blocks that toppled and reassembled to make this hanging lamp; the Agni remembers that play. This vertical totem made in solid mahogany made to look charred , holds within it the bright red cylinders crafted in the language of Channapatna toys. It hangs vertically, steady in gravity like a puzzle solved mid-air. A totem of balance.