Photography by Ben Glezer | Ambience Lighting
Ambience Lighting, together with artist Duro Cubrilo, have created a portrait of Nikola Tesla, one of the world’s greatest visionaries, by using a grid of light bulbs.
Lets have a look at how it all came together…
A plan was created using a variety of different sized dots.
Photography by Ben Glezer | Ambience Lighting
These dots were then applied to an image of Nikola Tesla to create a design layout.
Photography by Ben Glezer | Ambience Lighting
Next, 759 LED bulbs were opened…
Photography by Ben Glezer | Ambience Lighting
And prepped for painting with the different sized dots applied.
Photography by Ben Glezer | Ambience Lighting
The light bulbs then received a coat of black paint.
Photography by Ben Glezer | Ambience Lighting
Once dried, the dot sticker was peeled off from the top of the bulb.
Photography by Ben Glezer | Ambience Lighting
Here is you can see some of them after painting.
Photography by Ben Glezer | Ambience Lighting
Following the layout diagram, each light bulb was placed in a designated spot.
Photography by Ben Glezer | Ambience Lighting
Here we see the piece is coming together…
Photography by Ben Glezer | Ambience Lighting
Here’s a close-up look at the bulbs, where we can see the different amounts of white and black.
Photography by Ben Glezer | Ambience Lighting
A quick look at the wiring on the back of the piece.
Photography by Ben Glezer | Ambience Lighting
Once the piece was completed, it took a team of people to hang it in the display space.
Photography by Ben Glezer | Ambience Lighting
Here is the finished piece…
Photography by Ben Glezer | Ambience Lighting
And here it is with the lights on.
Photography by Ben Glezer | Ambience Lighting
You can watch a ‘making of’ video below