The idea of illuminated wall decorations of art came as follows: Once I read a home decoration magazine when I noticed that in one of the flats, dark wooden plates of about 40 by 40 cm were mounted to the wall, above the couch. They were parallel to the wall but stood by about 4 centimetres in front of it. The distance between the individual plates was about 1 cm. The installation looked like tiles with joints of 1 cm but in this case, joints were of course empty. The decoration was illuminated, so, light came from behind, through the joints. It was actually a luminous square pattern on the wall. I have never seen such an original solution. Well, a unique interior indeed!

I liked the idea very much so I started planning how it could be applied to my wall-mounted trees. Soon, I found the best solution. It goes as follows: I take a plywood (laminated with the wood type best matching the room or the place), lay the wire tree on it, draw the main branches on the plate – like an imprint of the tree –, then saw off the rest to let the light through along the branches. I also found a good solution for illumination. It is very important that the whole work of art can be transported in one piece and that all the electric wires and lamps remain hidden. To create a dominant silhouette and to cover the lamps, I prepare a frame from the same plywood. This frame can be a rectangular or an irregular form. These installations also have a back made of wood, adjusted to the dimensions of the exterior of the frame, fixed by spacers to the front. Lamps are hidden between these two plates. Depending on the size of the work of art, the number of lamps can be 6-16. The installation can easily be unscrewed to change the bulbs but nothing of the electric structure can be seen from the front.

Instead of plywood, the same version can be made of stainless steel (inox) plate. These pieces should be chosen rather for modern interiors and minimal art atmospheres where glass and metal surfaces are predominant. Trees with metal plate can be more detailed because the contours are cut by a laser equipment whereas the wooden versions are cut by me – by hand.

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