Falling Orchids

A cascade of hand-worked silk and fabric blooms composes this sculptural work by John Richard, its organic downward movement evoking the languid grace of orchids in full, unhurried descent. The nickel finish grounds the piece with a cool, architectural restraint that keeps the composition from drifting into sentiment, lending it instead a sophisticated tension between the natural and the refined. At sixty inches tall, Falling Orchids commands the vertical plane with the authority of a statement installation, equally at home anchoring a console in an entry hall or lending drama to an otherwise spare interior.