• Frame style: Calder
• Dimensions: 40″(h) x 36″(w)
• Pattern: Hammered sheets, in two layers
• Lip Treatment: Domed lip, white aluminum
• Paint and finish: Five color stencil and brushed decorative finish

“I hate the notion of American consumerism, and I have seriously mixed feelings about Warhol’s art in itself, however his stuff has become a piece of Americana, and our working theme for K/BIS this year was a critique of Americana. The Jasper Johns flag, the 57 Chevy…. All of these are a poignant view of American culture, and as functioning pieces of art they may not appeal to every one, and in fact may disturb some, but then that is the point.”

Christopher Plummer, Artist

Adorned with late summer fruits and vegetables, this harvest-inspired hood is rustic yet elegant.

Antiqued in bronze and layered with the subtle brushwork of combined metallic tones, it exudes luxurious warmth.

The appliqué is rich with detail and nestles beautifully into both theme and design, creating a generous addition to the contemporary kitchen or country home.

Detail of appliqué:

For our first Warhol tribute, we chose to take on one of the artist’s lesser-known iconic works. Warhol’s “knives” series was a statement on violence and the American way of death. Our tribute takes the knives back into the kitchen where they came from and re-colors them as brightly as his more upbeat works, such as his well-known Marilyn Monroe series.

Here’s a range hood for the true connoisseur. Going far beyond the basic hammered copper or bronze range hood, we’re showing we mean business when it comes to art in the kitchen with this metal range hood. What hood could go better above the Diva de Provence range in a bold Tuscan kitchen design? Or fit better under your mahogany cabinets above that Aga range you cook on every day? Our metal artistic range hoods continue to push the envelope of art and design…

For our take on Botticelli’s classical masterpiece, we’ve shifted the referents to reflect a changed era. Gone are the personified zephyrs of the wind and the welcoming seasonal goddess, replaced with architectural motifs reflecting wind and fruitful land. The goddess who floats to shore on the sexualized scallop shell is now Fortuna, the goddess responsible for luck, wealth. good taste, and fortune. Colors were added with our signature finish technique, selected for their thematic unity as well as their place in an artistic kitchen design.
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Season’s Greetings from Metallo Arts!

We pulled out some rather unusual stops for this showpiece hood - The frame is plasma-cut with rough veins, allowing two halogen bulbs mounted inside to shine right through for that “twinkling stars” effect, a result of the lights flashing though the fine cuts in the frame. The treatment was borrowed from Chris’s experiments with “patina art”; the frame carefully patinaed and stabilized to give that classic, aged feel.  Perfect for any culinary celebration!

Expanding our pallette of customizable options, we are exploring pressed steel appliques which can be built onto the frames of any of our range hoods. For this mock-up, we took images of a longhorn steer, bear, and wolf and applied them over a cross-hatch pattern. Options for custom range hoods range from classic Americana to Greco-Roman goddesses with any number of stops in between. We will be working on ways to make these options standard within our range hood builder, but feel free to inquire about anything you might be interested in.

This hood was done somewhat whimsically, but with a serious undertone. Showing our appreciation for the neo-dadaist revolution in art, Chris took this famous painting by Jasper Johns and recreated it on the front panel of a Botticelli range hood over a hammered steel pattern.

This hood will be in our collection for the time being. Inquiries are welcome.

Dedication and signature (detail):

This rangehood was inspired by Chris’s zinc “paintings”, which are sheets of solid zinc melted into beautiful patterns like topographical maps of alien planets. We applied sheets of his zinc to our standard Botticelli frame with only minimal polishing. The effect is something to behold. This is a one-of-a-kind piece, closer to art than appliance.

Examples of zinc paintings on interzonefinearts.com:

We continue our mission of bringing fine arts to functional kitchen design with this range hood done in the style of Jackson Pollock. This was commissioned by a museum curator who wanted to bring elements of art into his home, located in the heart of Manhattan.

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