ABOUT

This is a project related to the world building of my fantasy realm, Aedlorn.
This lantern is part of a hulking megastructure, a lighthouse, built by an ancient but advanced civilization: Ceneria. The body is made out of a giant pillar, directly emerging from the seawater. The spherical lantern at its top is made out of a special metal, that can be electrically charged to create a powerful, diffuse arc light. The sphere is levitating using electromagnetic technology and can even be retracted inside when the weather threatens it. There are two lighthouses: Arunos and Erenos. The latter is the one still standing.
I took inspiration from the moonlight towers that were made in USA in the previous century, with their powerful arc lights, from Arnaldo Pomodoro's sculptures, and from a particular type of crossroad streetlight using diffuse lighting.