What is the picture above an example of? how was this piece, and others similar, made?

The lighting is encased within a very unusual encasing. By the looks of it, it is custom made and crafted to have it's unusual shape. The unusual shape may be made by stained glass, or colored glass. Stained glass is usually created using fiber and silica. Because of the thickness, most of it absorbs the light (as we can see that not the whole shape is lightened up, as well as how the light does not show up inside the house), as well as reflect them (as parts of the color is not dark enough to absorb). While this shape is unusual, and is not very useful, it still does the job it is suppose to do, dim the light.

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in this piece, the rectangles, the vertical and horizontal lines, and lack of hue create a sense of harmony. there is balance and proportion because although the rectangles are different, no one rectangle overpowers the others, and the size relationship among the rectangles is agreeable to the eye. there is a sense of movement and depth, through the use of shading and shadowing. it almost appears like some of squares are popping out. there is variety created by the different rectangle sizes, the shading, and the shadowing.

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