Why plywood, and why the burn marks stay
Every material argues with the laser differently. Here's what we look for in a sheet — and why we stopped sanding the edges clean.
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The landmarks, the materials, and the small decisions behind each lamp — written by the person who makes them.
The Cascade: a staircase made of light
Yerevan's giant limestone stairway was meant to link the city below with the hills above. We turned its geometry into a lamp.
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Garni: twenty-four columns against the gorge
A first-century colonnade that survived an earthquake, a demolition and a reconstruction — and still reads as one clean line of shadow.
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Ararat: the mountain that is always in the window
It stands outside the country's borders, yet it appears on the coat of arms, in paintings, and in half the windows of Yerevan. Engraving it meant deciding what to leave out.
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