2,000 Suspended Steel Stars Installation Pays Dazzling Tribute to Shakespeare
In the newly refurbished Swan Wing of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Stratford-upon-Avon Theater, 2,000 stainless steel stars are individually suspended from the ceiling, carefully layered to convey a glimmering human face. The ten-foot-tall display is the work of designer Steven Follen, who used digital models to map the precise placement of each star that he strung by hand, marrying modern technology with traditional craftsmanship.