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Coenties Slip Sculpture
New York, NY

Cast Glass Pedestal, Pavers and Integrated Lighting System, 2006

Jaroff Design, a custom architectural glass and metal fabricator in New York, worked with renowned sculptor Bryan Hunt on this NYC Public Art Commission.

Hunt wanted to balance his curving metal sculpture with a bell-shaped pedestal out of custom cast glass but was unsure whether that could be done. Drawing on our expertise in combining integrated lighting and custom glass fabrication, Jaroff Design developed and then fabricated the solution – casting the bell in numerous individual pieces installed around a supportive metalcore.

The pedestal appears to magically support the massive sculpture and its interior lighting system, devised by lighting designer Dale Knoth, illuminates the surface with a glowing green tone. Additional light comes from below the ground, where a mirrored finishing on the base of our inlaid decorative back-painted glass pavers reflects the light from the pedestal upward. Together, the cast glass and architectural lighting components provide the perfect accentuation for the upward swirl of the cast stainless steel.

For the past thirty-eight plus years, Jaroff Design,  under the management of founder Joseph Jaroff, has led the design, fabrication, installation and coordination of custom architectural glass and metal for the construction, architecture, interior design and art communities.

Joe received a BFA in Metalwork and Sculpture from RIT’s prestigious School for American Craft and studied Art History at Harvard University. During the time he was a student, Joe received several grants for public art projects including those from the National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council for the Arts.

After graduating, Joe moved to New York City to pursue an art career, supplementing his income with architectural metal and glass design and fabrication work for contractors and commissioned projects. This early work led Joe to the realization that he could fill an unrecognized need within the building and arts community through blending his skill sets of designer, fabricator, coordinator and project orchestrator.
Jaroff Design has developed and realized design solutions for projects by architects such as Tony Chi, Herzog & De Meuron, Richard Gluckmann, Peter Marino, Toshiko Mori, Polshek Partnership Architects, Ennead Architects, S.O.M., Phillipe Stark, Adam Tihany, Annabelle Selldorf, Andrew Berman and The Rockwell Group among many others.

Fashion Clients include showrooms and flagship locations for Armani, Issey Miyake, Alexander McQueen, Ralph Lauren, Donna Karan, Stella McCartney, Barneys, Louis Vuitton, Van Cleef & Arpels, YSL and Chanel.

Fine dining clientele have seen JD work at Asiate, Le Cirque, The Sea Grill, 11 Madison Avenue, Bruno’s Wine Club, and the Hudson Hotel Bar. Cultural clients include Jazz at Lincoln Center, MOMA PS1, and New York City Center.