Loz Abberton with one of her niche natural lighting solutions. Picture: SCOTT GELSTON
Switched off by the overt clout of technology and mass production, Launceston designer Loz Abberton has crafted her own niche natural lighting solution.
Abberton's latest lights reflect the historical ``technology'' of boiling leather known as cuir bouilli.
This makes fibre harder but also more flexible for a short time, allowing it to be moulded and shaped.
By using cuir bouilli, Abberton has created a range called Pod Luxe in fibrous tunics or pods moulded from corms in the ifIridaceae family.
Abberton, whose earlier flat-pack pendant lighting range Grandeliers has become internationally sought, is one of 12 designers to have works included in Think. Make. Change., a Ten Days on the Island project at Design Centre Tasmania in Launceston.
``Nothing provokes change quite so quickly, quite so dramatically as technology,'' says Design Centre general manager Rye Dunsmuir.
``Tasmania's community of contemporary designers has had to confront head-on the effect technological developments have had on their creativity, their production techniques and on the end-use of their products.
``Whether furniture designers or architects, urban designers or jewellers, ifThink. Make. Change. is about showing to the wider community just how these designers have responded and adapted.''
The exhibition features a mixture of elements and development stages.
Think. Make. Change. runs in conjunction with ifBeyond , an exhibition by woodturner Brad Moss.
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WHAT: Think. Make. Change., presented by Ten Days on the Island.
WHERE: Design Centre Tasmania, corner of Tamar and Brisbane streets, Launceston.
WHEN: Until May 26.
ENTRY: By donation.