AmberlightsAmber Stefani · Norfolk

Installations · Available to hire

Out of the Cocoon

A seated butterfly in iridescent Perspex — made to be sat on, looked through and touched.

Out of the Cocoon in iridescent blue, yellow and pink Perspex, on a plaza at Canary Wharf in daylight.
The butterfly sculpture lit in green, blue and orange at dusk among the towers of Canary Wharf.

Summer Lights · Canary Wharf

Commissioned for Canary Wharf.

A seated lighting installation created for the Summer Lights event taking place at Canary Wharf estate from 21st June – 31st October 2021.

This design had many influences, but I always have sustainability in mind. I am so thrilled to say this project is powered by solar power, something I have wanted to do for many years.

— Amber Stefani

A visitor sitting on the bench beneath the Out of the Cocoon butterfly in a green field under a blue sky.

Pensthorpe Nature Reserve

Rebuilt, solar-powered, in Norfolk.

The piece was designed again for Pensthorpe Nature Reserve near Fakenham, standing three metres tall and over four metres wide, its iridescent rainbow colours powered by solar panels.

It sits beside the Millennium Garden and Glade Sculpture Garden. Engravings around the structure carry educational information about butterflies and their ecosystem, and visitors can sit on the artwork or examine it closely.

I’m a true believer in making artwork accessible but also interactive.

— Amber Stefani, Lynn News, August 2023

Specifications

A beautiful giant.

This beautiful giant stands 3 meters tall x 2 meters in width per wing making the installation 4.2 meters wide. The material of the wings is made from 25mm thick Perspex panels (shatter proof industrial acrylic) a greener environmentally made Perspex by Lucite, with a layer of rainbow film applied, giving an iridescent rainbow spectrum of colour waves.

Height
3 m
Width
4.2 m — 2 m per wing
Wings
25 mm Perspex (shatterproof industrial acrylic) by Lucite, with iridescent rainbow film
Power
Solar
Interaction
Seated — visitors sit on it, look through it and touch it
Access
Open to all, including wheelchair access
Exhibited
Summer Lights, Canary Wharf (2021) · Pensthorpe Nature Reserve (2023)
Press
Lynn News, August 2023
Front view of the butterfly at Canary Wharf, its wings pink, green and yellow.
Close detail of the iridescent Perspex wings with etched line drawings.

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