Light Ray Studios

A series of lighting systems have been invented by Rae that create vehicles for the interaction of natural forces with the observer. The systems create a platform from which Rae designs lighting fixtures and architectural installations that are sensitive to their environment.

Dynaglo System (US Patent #5791775, 5997151)

Dynaglo celebrates fluid dynamics. The system consists of a series of indirect light sources housed in separate aerodynamic appendages that are connected to and balanced off each other. Passive air currents cause the appendages to orbit quietly about each other. The end result creates a fluid motion of light and shadow that provides a subtle choreography to the surrounding space. 

Examples of this type of lighting system:
Spiral Eye
Feather Cloud
Glo-Bird/Glo-Worm

Prismaglo System (US Patent #6347877)

Prismaglo reveals the colors of light. The system uses a reflective optical coating that separates white light into its spectral components and project this in a manner that enhances the surrounding environment. The orientation of the optics can be adjusted to create an infinite variety of rainbow displays that paint their surroundings with displays of light and color. 

Examples of this type of lighting system:
Galaxy Spot 
Meteor Sconce
Apollo 2000 

Colorbeam System (US Patent #6540381)

Colorbeam is a field of prismatic light that unexpectedly appears to emanate from the center of the light fixture. The light field appears to vary in color as a person views it from different angles and positions. An interactive experience is created that can be engaging and quite magical. 

Examples of this type of lighting system:
Light Columns
Light rods
Light Vessels

Lightshower System (US Patent #6540381)

Lightshower is a system of fountains that take the radical approach of using water as a fluid lense. The only other time this was done was in the first microscope that used a water droplet as a rudimentary lense. The water flow animates color effects created by similar optics as the colorbeam system. The effects are closer in resemblance to a flow of plasma, or liquid light than it is to water. 

Examples of this type of lighting system:
Fountain for the American Board of Radiology