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Chinese Ox sculpture illuminated by Astera

A large, illuminated Ox artwork created by Paul Wells from Sydney Props Specialists to celebrate the Chinese ‘Year of the Ox’ was illuminated with Astera Titan Tubes and NYX Bulbs and realised in collaboration with Sydney Event Services. This stood on display in Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia, for three weeks during the 2021 Chinese New Year celebrations.

The work was commissioned by Sydney’s Harbour and Foreshore Authority. They approached Paul Wells four weeks ahead of this year’s Chinese New Year, and asked if the piece could be delivered as an internally lit steel-framed structure with stretched fabric skins. Wells in turn asked Mitch Hancock from Sydney Events Services to assist with the project’s lighting and delivery.

Once work started on the Ox, which is 1.16 metres wide and 2.4 metres long, Wells and Hancock soon realised time was too tight to complete the structure in hand-welded steel, so instead proposed the solution of 3D printing, a task expedited by a giant printing machine at Composite Images in Artarmon. All the other design requirements stayed the same, and right from the outset Hancock proposed that Astera products should be used as the lighting solution.

Two Titan Tubes illuminated the body, with the bulbs positioned to spread lumens down the limbs and into the head distributing it and achieving an even glow. The Titan Tubes were secured using the mounting clip options, with the NYX Bulbs fitted into waterproof light sockets mounted directly inside the Ox.

The electrics were all fed in/out through one of the ox’s hind legs and hooves, down into a waterproof plinth below on which it was mounted, keeping all the electrics safe and dry. The client requested four different colour combinations and the plan was to choose one signature look. The Astera App allowed Wells and Hancock to animate the lighting and create a sequence that scrolled seamlessly between all four lighting designs.

(Photos: Paul Wells)

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