Comments on: Glass Bottles by Louise and Colin Hawkins http://www.contemporist.com/2009/03/17/glass-bottles-by-louise-and-colin-hawkins/ Contemporary Modern Architecture Furniture Lighting Interior Design Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:07:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Charles A. Replane http://www.contemporist.com/2009/03/17/glass-bottles-by-louise-and-colin-hawkins/#comment-377652 Charles A. Replane Thu, 13 May 2010 20:21:02 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=3614#comment-377652 Colin, We are the Yanks that once lived in Wanborough and purchased quite a few of your pieces. Even after we left the UK to return to the U.S. I visited your shop during a business trip to the UK and pruchased a piece you once had in your home; "Fire". You also did a special piece for us that is a Seder Plate that we use at our celebration of the Jewish Holiday of Passover. We currently live in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Our Museum of Art is a small, but well respected museum with an excellent permanent collection and on a list of fine visiting collections and exhibits. They have just finished a $7 million expansion project that included a new lobby and entrance hall. The director would love to have a modern chandelier that would make a statement and show their growing interest in various mediums of art. He spoke just recently to me about how to raise money for a Chehuley (spelling?) piece like hangs at the Victoria and Albert and I mentioned to him about your work, showed him a couple of the pieces you have done for us, and recalled that you had done some chandeliers for a yacht not too long ago. The question is whether you would be interested in exploring the idea of creating a rather large chandelier, either reflective or with lighting within, that would hand in the entrance hall of our museum. If you are positive about this I would put you in touch with our museum director. We continue to enjoy your work, and get the appropriate lighting in our various room to accent the pieces. It always solicits favorable comments from our guests. Regards, Charles Replane Colin,
We are the Yanks that once lived in Wanborough and purchased quite a few of your pieces. Even after we left the UK to return to the U.S. I visited your shop during a business trip to the UK and pruchased a piece you once had in your home; “Fire”. You also did a special piece for us that is a Seder Plate that we use at our celebration of the Jewish Holiday of Passover.

We currently live in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Our Museum of Art is a small, but well respected museum with an excellent permanent collection and on a list of fine visiting collections and exhibits. They have just finished a $7 million expansion project that included a new lobby and entrance hall. The director would love to have a modern chandelier that would make a statement and show their growing interest in various mediums of art. He spoke just recently to me about how to raise money for a Chehuley (spelling?) piece like hangs at the Victoria and Albert and I mentioned to him about your work, showed him a couple of the pieces you have done for us, and recalled that you had done some chandeliers for a yacht not too long ago.

The question is whether you would be interested in exploring the idea of creating a rather large chandelier, either reflective or with lighting within, that would hand in the entrance hall of our museum.

If you are positive about this I would put you in touch with our museum director.

We continue to enjoy your work, and get the appropriate lighting in our various room to accent the pieces. It always solicits favorable comments from our guests.

Regards,

Charles Replane

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