Autumn Casey’s first publicity to Tiffany lamps—one of many defining ornamental objects from the Artwork Nouveau motion—got here from the trickled-down recreations they impressed. “I grew up in South Florida within the ’90s, so my introduction was very a lot the glass lamps in Pizza Hut and Applebees,” she says, laughing. However, even of their most mass-market kind, she discovered them deeply interesting: “I’ve at all times beloved illuminated issues,” she explains. “And these are so intricate and simply lovely.”

But, the Miami-based artist’s metaphorical lightbulb second got here a long time later: throughout a go to to the Queens Museum’s Neustadt Assortment, a everlasting gallery devoted to Louis Consolation Tiffany’s stained glass lights and home windows. What if Casey took his iconic works as a reference—and had some enjoyable with it? “Like a punk music or one thing the place persons are making an attempt to play collectively on the identical time, and it’s simply at all times somewhat bit off,” is how she describes her method.

The end result? Her assortment, “Fantasy and Her Fantasies,” which is on show at The Future Excellent’s West Village townhouse gallery by way of March 14. (Though those that attended Design Miami honest this December can have already loved a sneak peek of Casey’s work at The Future Excellent’s well-appointed sales space.) As a substitute of glass, Casey’s lamps are made with material, wire, and resin, making a playful, nearly psychedelic really feel. The material is a very poignant selection of fabric: she inherited “three large totes” filled with scraps from her grandmother, who was an vintage vendor and doll-maker.