Fog
Fog’s glass shade has been blasted to produce a smooth fade from opaque white at its lowest point to completely transparent at its top. A light source hidden in the metal cap illuminates the blasted section of the globe (diameter 350mm), emitting an ambient glow that rises like a magical, fiery fog.
Hero light
Inspired by the great blacksmiths of yesteryear, the Hero light is made from hand-forged 3mm bronzed gun metal, matte rubber detailing and solid knurled brass soaked in olive oil. The light can be finished with either cabochon or teardrop bulbs and positioned ‘in the round’ or ‘through the centre’.
Madonna Light
The Madonna Table Lamp features a bone china statue with a sandblasted Yellow Ochre shade. The lamp shows a sombre and peaceful Madonna figure with a golden halo overhead. The seemingly benign image is offset by a barbed wire motif running through the glass, hinting at a deeper message.
Odette Odile
Odette Odile is a new concept of modular lighting, designed Edward van Vliet for Italamp. Porcelain, leather, Swarovski Elements and crystals are all used to constructare all combined to create a sophisticated collage piece.
Moonstruck Sandra Haischberger
Created by Viennese designer Sandra Haischberger Moonstruck glow spheres are cast from porcelain and perforated while the material is still in its leather hard form. Eschewing stencils, each individual hole is drilled by hand, giving each piece an individual identity. When illuminated by a clear light bulb, the floral pattern is cast in sharp swills onto surrounding walls and ceilings, though using a frosted light source provides an alternative, more subtle effect. If this effect is not desired, a soft light bulb may be used.
Close Up
Suitable as a table or pendant piece, Close Up is a free-blown glass form containing individually slip cast and hand-carved bone china pieces. The glow from a central LED light source is transformed by these pieces, then magnified and distorted by the bubbled glass shell.
Cirio
Designed for Santa & Cole by Antoni Arola, the Cirio incorporates a capsule of LED lights that provide a candle-like light. Around this a variety of shades can be placed including white porcelain.
Its multiple structures - from linear supports to concentric rings - can be combined to create a wide range of formats.
Large Simple Shade
UK manufacturer Boatswain Lighting is a pioneer of the slip cast process used to produce flawless paper thin, yet hard wearing translucent shades and filaments. The special recipe used to cast the chandelier elements, pendants and wall lights is unique and is a highly guarded secret.
The Large Simple Shade is a smooth, domed pendant. Available in a plain version or with a delicate, embossed detail, the shade spreads a wide pool of light to the space below.
Chandelier Sundmans
The Loomster device, designed by Finnish weaver Sirkka Paikkari, was the inspiration for a series of collaborations with ceramicist Margaret O’Rorke. Together they created a range of chandelier style forms that combine woven light fibres, steel and porcelain
Pinhole Pollen
Based in Cornwall, UK, Amy Cooper creates porcelain pieces that are slipcast and individually decorated so that no two pieces are exactly the same. After a piece is sanded smooth, a hand drawn stencil is applied and then sandblasted to create a raised pattern. The pieces are fired to 1250°C and diamond polished before being wired up. Pinhole Pollen is inspired by a microscopic look at the natural world.
Dip Light
The dip light is generated by dipping a glue-covered wine bottle into a bowl full of cotton balls. By repeating this step a random shape is created. The ‘finished’ cotton ball object is dipped into liquid porcelain and then fired in the oven. The cotton balls dissolve away leaving the finished porcelain piece.
Wall light
This wall light by Yen Robinson is produced in porcelain paperclay and decorated with an impressed design, created using ‘ground elder’ harvested from the hedgerow. The curved ceramic frontispiece is pinned with a stainless steel wire onto a dual purpose stainless steel back which allows for wall fixing.
