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Seed of Life
Amber describes the installation as “a jewel-like sanctuary, designed to be both admired from afar and experienced from within.”
Stand inside a kaleidoscope.
The Seed of Life is an immersive light sculpture designed by artist Amber Stefani. Constructed from interlocking pentagonal prism panels, the structure transforms light—whether from the sun or integrated LEDs—into a shimmering spectrum of metallic rainbow hues. As light dances across its surfaces, the entire form becomes a living kaleidoscope.
Stepping inside, you’re enveloped in shifting waves of colour and reflection, heightening the sensory experience and inviting stillness, awe, and exploration.
Once you step inside, you become mesmerised in a kaleidoscopic effect of vibrant colours and patterns, reflecting and refracting off one another, switching through a metallic and iridescent rainbow spectrum as you move around inside.
By day, a jewel. By night, a giant iridescent disco ball.
During the day, the Seed of Life twinkles with a metallic rainbow spectrum of colours created by reflections and refractions of daylight on the coloured Plexiglass. At night, the lights inside the installation illuminate the dome and then transforms into a giant iridescent kaleidoscope of colour waves and patterns.
The other spectacular quality of the installation is that it is transformed into a giant iridescent disco ball, projecting beautiful colours with patterns outside the sculpture and around the surrounding space and ceilings. While admiring the sculpture, watch the colours shift depending on where you are viewing.
This beautiful sculpture is a sensory-friendly lighting installation. The design is for people to enter or look at the beautiful jewel-like structure and bathing in the iridescent glows of purples, golds, pinks, blues, greens, and bronze.
Specifications
Built for outdoors.
Standing at 2.8 meters tall and 2.4 wide, the dome-like installation is made from 20mm thick interlocking multi-coloured Plexiglass panels that have been laser cut in an intricate, symmetrical design based on the Seed of Life. Each of the 11 pentagon-shaped panels is bolted into a solid steel frame. The steel frame gives the dome weight and stability. The panels are laser cut and these perforations allow wind to travel through and rain to disperse onto the ground, making the installation suitable and safe for outdoor display.
As it is an interactive light feature, there is an opening at ground level to allow people to enter the dome, including wheelchair access. The sculpture is a solid structure which can be placed in any environment and will withstand all weather conditions.
- Form
- Dodecahedron — 11 interlocking pentagon panels, each bolted into a solid steel frame
- Height
- 2.8 m / 9.1 ft
- Width
- 2.4 m / 7.85 ft
- Weight
- 500 kg / 1,102 lb
- Panels
- 20 mm Plexiglas — industrial-strength, shatterproof acrylic that looks like glass
- Lighting
- Optical LED
- Weather
- The laser-cut perforations let wind travel through and rain disperse onto the ground, making it suitable and safe for outdoor display. A solid structure that will withstand all weather conditions.
- Access
- An opening at ground level lets people enter the dome, including wheelchair access
- Siting
- Flat surfaces are a must, either on grass or solid ground
- Delivery
- Due to its scale, it is delivered and fully assembled by the Amberlights team
- Purchase
- £65,000 — also a permanent feature for a garden or home
The listing
Seed of Life – Immersive Light and Colour Installation
The full description from the Amberlights shop.
The Seed of Life is an immersive light sculpture designed by artist Amber Stefani. Constructed from interlocking pentagonal prism panels, the structure transforms light—whether from the sun or integrated LEDs—into a shimmering spectrum of metallic rainbow hues. As light dances across its surfaces, the entire form becomes a living kaleidoscope.
Stepping inside, you’re enveloped in shifting waves of colour and reflection, heightening the sensory experience and inviting stillness, awe, and exploration. Amber describes the installation as “a jewel-like sanctuary, designed to be both admired from afar and experienced from within.”
Seed of Life – Immersive Light and Colour Installation
Introducing Seed of Life— This magnificent sculpture is a sensory interactive lighting installation.
This beautiful sculpture is a sensory-friendly lighting installation. The design is for people to enter or look at the beautiful jewel-like structure and bathing in the iridescent glows of purples, golds, pinks, blues, greens, and bronze. Natural sunlight or LED lights make the installation sparkle with a metallic rainbow spectrum. As soon as you step inside, you become part of an experience like being inside a kaleidoscope.
The other spectacular quality of the installation is that it is transformed into a giant iridescent disco ball, projecting beautiful colours with patterns outside the sculpture and around the surrounding space and ceilings. While admiring the sculpture, watch the colours shift depending on where you are viewing.
- Weight: 500kg / 1102lbs
- Width: 2.4 meters / 7.85 ft
- Height: 2.8 meters / 9.1 ft
The sculpture stands at 2.8 meter-tall x 2.4 wide, made from 20mm thick Plexiglas (industrial-strength, shatterproof acrylic, looks like glass), 11 pentagon panels interlocking, making a dome-like structure (dodecahedron) powered by optical LED lighting.
It’s a permanent feature to have outside in your garden or home. The sculpture looks wonderful at special events, weddings and private parties, and the children love it as much as the adults.
Due to the large scale of this sculpture, it will be delivered and fully assembled by our team.
We suggest you send us a photo of where you would like the sculpture to be placed, and keep in mind that flat surfaces are a must, either on grass or solid ground.
Contact us if you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding this unique sculpture or arrange a viewing.
Light Night Leeds 2023
Shown twice at the UK’s biggest lighting event.
The audience was invited to step into our Seed of Life lighting installation, beautifully shaped in a dodecahedron, and immerse themselves in a kaleidoscope experience that ignited their senses with a dazzling array of light and colour.
The installation was featured in the Daily Mirror and The Times in October 2023 as part of Light Night Leeds. It has also been shown at Latitude Festival.
Read Amber’s Light Night Leeds journal →
Hire it for an event
The sculpture looks wonderful at special events, weddings and private parties, and the children love it as much as the adults. Hire, availability and booking go through our hire partner.
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