Chandeliers

Who would have thought Swarovski crystals and re-claimed brass pipes could transform into a source of beauty.  Micheal McHale shows us the unexpected can be done.  He has no background in art or design.  But with a passion for materials, he began creating glamorous lighting out of everyday bland household objects.  His message is "beauty is all around us: in hardware stores, our basements, everywhere.  It just has to be harnessed in the right way."

His work makes me think of the way Kahn describes the word WONDER. He talks about Wonder as something that has lasting value.  It is the first response to the intuitive.  This is what I think about when read about and look at the work McHale is creating.