Bespoke suspended lights designed to define space from above. Karice manufactures pendants, chandeliers, and suspended architectural fixtures that bring scale, presence, and precision to your project.
Inspired by geometry, AREA 49 is a double chevron shaped luminaire. The form evokes the feeling of a sleek spacecraft. Area 49 plays on the mysterious sighting at Area 51 and the geological location of our North American headquarters on the 49th parallel.
Constructed with our proprietary aluminum extrusion with a powder coated finish.
Designed by Maurice Dery
We wanted to create an epic piece reflecting the culmination of our 28 years in business as an artisan manufacturer in the architectural metal and custom lighting industries. That’s why we created Sprocket and Chain: a 10-ft by 10-ft sculptural LED chandelier, designed by Maurice Dery.
The entire fixture is made to scale; in other words, it’s an actual functioning gear. We crafted the inner 5-ft diameter steel sprocket both to interlock with the chain and to carry a finish that reflects the true wear-and-tear of a real sprocket. The chain itself is built from 20 aluminum and acrylic links. Each one is lit at 325 lumens, for 6,524 across the chain, with roughly 9,372 more from the sprocket.
Suspended by aircraft cables, this bespoke chandelier appears to float in mid-air. There are no power cables and no visible fasteners. We designed it to hide all “visual pollution”.
Colour temperature is available from 2700K to 4100K, with phase, 0-10V, ELV, or DALI dimming and standard, high-output, or custom lumen packages. Standard finishes are black, white, silver, and bronze look, with Sun Gold also available for the fixture and canopy, and custom finishes on request. Canopy options include standard configurations such as a 6″ hex, plus custom canopy requests.
Fixture info:
The Spheres are unique bronze sculptures by world-famous artist and sculptor Marie Khouri. Marie, wishing to expand the uses of her pieces, teamed up with Maurice Laurent Dery of Karice to create a new magical lighting collection titled Spheres.
THE ARTISTS:
MARIE KHOURI BIOGRAPHY
Vancouver-based sculptor, Marie Khouri, represents the broad multi cultural and diverse demographic of Western Canada. Born in Egypt and raised in Lebanon, Khouri has developed a vast range of cultural and historical influences within her practice. With a childhood interrupted during the Lebanese Civil War, Khouri was relocated to Spain, Italy and Canada, finally settling in Paris where she was classically trained in sculpture at l’École du Louvre. On her return to Vancouver, a retrospective of her life took form in her sculpture, reflecting a passion for innovation and spontaneity.
MAURICE L. DERY BIOGRAPHY
Hailing from a French-Canadian Background, whose family line can be traced back to some of the first settlers in Quebec from the 1600’s. Maurice was born on the Prairies, and moved to the Vancouver area 34 years ago. Designing and building resonate at the very core of his being. Product development, design and engineering are what Maurice does besides being a hypercritical perfectionist when it comes to fabrication and execution. With the Spheres, additional steps were chosen to incorporated the newest and greatest in LED technology.
Handcrafted Lighting made in Canada Local to Vancouver, BC
As with all Karice product, all lights are handcrafted in our facility in British Columbia. Sculptures by Marie Khouri. This new lighting design is available as a collaboration. Each Bronze Sculpture, hand perfected by Marie herself. Each sculpture is a unique creation. No two will be alike. Cast out of genuine bronze, the pieces will be heirlooms for many future generations to come.
Designed by Marie Khouri and Maurice Dery
Additional Information
3 – 5 inch diameter hand blown glass globes. Dim to warm technology. Made from genuine bronze via loss wax pouring.
Have a look at our Shroom Pendant Light. Karice was delighted to travel down the rabbit hole to design and create it’s Shroom Pendant Luminaire.
Shroom is a new innovative lighting design. Originally designed for the Alice in Wonderland themed bar display at IDS Vancouver 2016. The light is a piece of abstract art that has a loose artistic impression resembling a mushroom shape.
The LED pendant is composed of 30 vertical aluminum blades (gills) that are intricately held together by a cleverly designed, milled aluminum top and bottom cap. The light is illuminated from within its acrylic core as well as by downlight. Illumination is provided by 12V energy efficient LEDs. The light provides both mood and task lighting. A mesmerizing display of light is created by the cast of light as it reflects onto the aluminum blades. Each viewing angle produces a new result.
Shroom can be suspended on its own, or increase the fun by hanging a multiple arrangement of the pendants.
Designed by Maurice Dery
Addition information
Aluminum construction with acrylic diffuser. 2 foot diameter and 16 inches tall.
Phoenix rising from the ashes. Phoenix Pendant Light is a decorative light for imagining new spaces. Phoenix is a artistic representation of the mythological phoenix bird. Hand crafted using genuine brass, and enlighten rod. The illumination of Phoenix, results in the creation of one’s own magical environment.
Inspiration comes in many different shapes, sizes and places. Sometimes inspiration comes from the very client you are creating for. The lights started with an idea, and evolved into the light known as Phoenix Rising from the Ashes. Designed in 2020 for our modern and artistic collections.
The Phoenix light suspends from a simple coaxial cable. The approximate size of the light is 21″ x 18″, although variation occurs with the specific curvature of the wings and tail. Each bird is unique in appearance. The wings and tail are heat treated to enable beautiful variation in coloration. No two birds will be alike.
All lighting products are handcrafted with care and precision in our manufacturing facility in British Columbia. As with all our creations, we are seeking to promote the outdoors and Beautiful British Columbia.
Designed by Maurice Dery and Jordan Dery
