When most of us walk into a room and flip on a light switch, we don’t look up unless the bulb is blown — and fewer still glance admiringly at the fixture itself. The handcrafted creations of US lighting designer Lindsey Adelman turn that notion on its head.

“I think lighting, the kind of lighting I do, by nature it has space to be so sculptural and expressive,” Adelman said in a phone interview with CNN. Unlike most sculpture, it’s not constrained by floor space or gravity, she added.

Her pieces have been exhibited in design galleries around the world to international acclaim, and with her meticulous focus on craftsmanship, they can command a premium: a small wall sconce costs nearly $5,000 and a single chandelier can go for tens of thousands of dollars.

Six photos of Adelman's handcraf

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