01 / Cellular / Mineral
Honeycomb Chalice
Light, held like a rare mineral
Six disciplined sectors converge into a low, crystalline bowl. A silent sculpture by day, an illuminated mineral after dusk.
Warm currents gather in each bowl before flowing from cell to cell.
- Fabrication
- B · Preformed monolithic shell
- Envelope
- ≈ 554 mm tip-to-tip × 115 mm deep
- Native atmosphere
- Warm amber
- Context
- Private collection · hotel lounge
- Status
- Concept · not certified
Visual state
Atmosphere
Amber warmth pools in the centre and climbs the facets.
01 / Geometry
Measured, not asserted.
The reference geometry behind the form. Preliminary design envelopes, written so an engineer can disagree with them.
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V1 reference: an ideal regular six-sided faceted pyramid derived from six sectors with 300 mm slant edges and 55° flat apices.
02
Each outer chord 2 × 300 × sin(27.5°) ≈ 277.05 mm → rim ≈ 554.1 mm tip-to-tip; axial depth √(300² − 277.05²) ≈ 115.1 mm.
03
The earlier Ø530 × 142 mm envelope is inconsistent with this sector geometry and is not used.
04
Modular cellular arrays: when several bowls form an array, each bowl is its own optical aperture.
02 / Fabrication
Preformed monolithic shell
Preformed, monolithic optical shell; coat after forming; concealed six-part perimeter supporting the shell at a non-illuminated flange. The structural hub and radial edges must not intrude into the visible optical cone unless accepted as intentional shadows.
03 / Three states
Dark, lit, alive.
The same object, three ways. The form must earn its place before any projector is switched on.
Dormant
A pale, faceted bowl — translucent, mineral, complete without light.
Luminous
Amber warmth pools in the centre and climbs the facets.
Living
Slow currents gather and pass from facet to facet, cell to cell.
04 / Where it belongs
Private collection · hotel lounge
Set low on a dark stone plinth where it reads as a mineral specimen by day; after dusk the bowl becomes the quiet centre of the room. Arrays can carry a corridor or a long table.
Studio settings that suit it
Honeycomb Chalice is an original, unbuilt concept study. Every image on this page is a visualization with CSS light treatments, not a photograph of a finished work; the geometry is a design-development starting point and nothing here is a certified production specification or a photometric claim.