Angus Hutcheson

Angus Hutcheson: Silk, Bark, and the Labor of Light Ango Studio, Bangkok The Object in Hand Hold a single silkworm cocoon between your fingers. It weighs almost nothing—perhaps two grams—and feels like compressed air wrapped in tissue. The surface is slightly waxy, with a faint botanical smell, somewhere between dry leaves and new paper. If you hold it to the light, it does not glow uniformly. Light fractures through the irregular filament structure, producing a soft iridescence that shifts as you rotate it. This is the raw material from which Angus Hutcheson builds chandeliers that span three...