Hey! Look at the Sun!

Dull pale painted walls are our most common anxiety. Our question is how to turn these pale walls into an exuberant and elegant one.

My answer would always be the magic of mirrors.

One of my favorite is the Sunburst Mirror.

The origins of this classic form was trace during the middle ages down to a French design guru.

Ethan Allen Sunburst Mirror 

Monstrance is from the Latin word Monstrare “ to show”, is a liturgical object commonly used in the Roman Catholic church for centuries. A monstrance is a crystal container encrusted with gold or silver it is often where the communion wafer is displayed.

It was in the 17th Century that the crystal container was made with bursting rays of metal which imitates the sun. The bursting rays of suns are a visual representation of Christ as the light of the world.

When the church buildings were renovated and even sometimes destroyed, this gilded sunburst made their way to be in the homes of everyone.

Often the mirror plate was replaced with devotional images.

It was in 1940s in France that Gilbert Poillerat designed a simple forged iron sunburst mirror.     It was a creative move that mesmerized the design enthusiast and patrons. A religious symbol that turned dull walls to vibrants ones.