At last, we finally have some images for you of the fantastic lighting on the Feather Leaves in Noosa. The images are courtesy of Michael Burgess from Webb Australia responsible for the perfectly dramatic lighting on the project. Enjoy.
The domes have been cast and are looking great!
Remember they will be lit with solar lighting for beautiful night time imagery all the while holding and displaying the beautiful artworks of created by Britta Gudd and Andrea Fisher.
In conjunction with the ever talented Artist / Designer – Russell Anderson, Lucas Salton Design have been awarded Stage 3 of the Noosa Junction Public Art and Streetscaping Project.
For those of you that follow our blog, you’ll remember Lucas presented concepts to Council toward the end of last year: which have been well received 
This is a major project which is also an amazing opportunity. 2012 is shaping up to be a very, very good year!
Steve Langton
Happy New Year!
A month or so before New Years Eve, Lucas was approached by an old friend – Steve Langton - of Hubbub Music to help with something pretty special on New Years Eve in Sydney Harbour. Sound, fire and percussion performance on the mind blowing Pyrophone Juggernaut.
Based on a 250 year old experimental musical instrument, Hubbub Music’s ‘Pyrophone Juggernaut’ is the largest hand operated multi-octave fire organ in the world. The organ is 10m tall and made from recycled car parts.
And Lucas was fortunate enough to be a part of the performance once before in Brisbane some years back, and again, New Years just been, on Sydney Harbour.
Below are some images of the process involved to set up and of course, from the event. Footage with sound will be coming in the next few days so check back often.
The Pyrophone Juggernaut was assembled in a shipyard next to the Harbour before being lifted by crane onto a pontoon then towed by Tug to it’s performance position.
Above is some of the $6.5 million worth of fireworks used for the evening.
On the move to the Harbour.
Below is the bridge that was ‘twisted’ to allow the Pyrophone Juggernaut access.
I wanted to share with you some of the highlights of 2011 for Lucas Salton Design. This seemed like a fairly simple idea to begin with…. It wasn’t until reviewing images and projects that I realised just how busy the year has been! And fortunately it looks like it will continue well into 2012. Somewhere in amongst the below Projects, Lucas Salton Design also managed to create 84 glass sculptures for Furn-Niche Interiors, were selected for the Project Proposal Stage for Maroochydore Art Plan, were nominated as finalists in the ‘Greening the Arts’ category for the Sunshine Coast Glossie Awards, were selected to review the Sunshine Coast Draft Public Art Policy and Guidelines for Council and are still working on Bundaberg Public Art for Qld Rail…. We are looking forward to some downtime over Christmas / New Year and will be closing between December 22nd and January 3rd for a short break to recharge, find new inspiration and prepare for what looks to be a huge year for Lucas Salton Design in 2012.
1360 illuminated pavers, designed and fabricated by Lucas Salton, installed at Southbank Parklands, Brisbane.
Design Consultation in working conjunction with Conlon Birrell Landscape Architects for Sunshine Beach Streetscaping Project for Sunshine Coast Council.
Design Consultation, Maleny Public Art and Streetscaping. Preliminary Designs sought by Sunshine Coast Council.
Lead Designer, Qld Rail 20/20 Beautification Scheme: Wooloowin Station, Brisbane
And who could forget the ‘gold gun’?
Invited to present, Pecha Kucha.
Noosa Junction Public Art, Stage 2. Sunshine Coast Council.
Fitzgibbon Chase Public Art and Design Consultation: Harbinger Consultants and the Urban Land Development Authority.
Last year Lucas was asked to ‘create’ 1360 illuminated pavers to be placed at ground level in a high traffic area of Southbank Parklands, Brisbane. The brief came from Lightech Australia and it became quite a long labour of love from the initial design through to manufacture. At the time, and still, to our knowledge, there is no comprable product on the market.
Lucas created the original mould for the resin blocks (UV Stabilised) after much experimentation with slightly differing materials and products…. Now, how to illuminate it?
Lucas has worked extensively on lighting projects in the past, and of course loves the medium and playing with ‘light’.
To this end, Lucas used Fibre Optics to light the pavers from the underside – the trick was achieving even dispersion of light.
The ‘Light Blocks’ or Orbix,now sit happily in their new home with low to zero maintenance and energy efficency to boot!
Please contact us for more information about Orbix or any lighting enquiries.
