Blooms

John Edmark

This collection contains images of currently available Bloom sculptures that are interchangeable on a device called a Bloom Animator. The Animator spins the Bloom at 900 RPM and an LED strobes at a variable rate to produce the visual effect of motion.

There are two versions of the Animator: a stand-alone version with no controls, generally found in museums; and, an interactive version, generally found in residential collections.

The interactive version has an optional underlight mode where the Bloom is lit from within. Not all Blooms lend themselves to this internal lighting technique, but the ones that do are exquisite when shown with different lighting techniques.

Pricing for the Animator turntable is as follows:

• Animator, stand-alone 15”W by 15”D by 5”H base, 21” total height with lamp — $7,000


• Animator, interactive with controls for start/stop and strobe speed — $7,600


• Animator, interactive as above plus underlight — $9,000