“Despite its challenges and reputation for being a tricky ceramic to work with, the end result speaks for itself – it’s versatile, fun to design with, and the light you get is soothing and can positively affect your mood.” “Bone china appears pure white once it’s fired, but then gives a lovely warm soft glow when lit,” he says. “The potter he approached initially thought he was crazy, as they’d only ever made tableware and similar products - never lighting,” says Charlie Bowles.īut he says something special happens when the material meets light. Peter Bowles, who with son Charlie runs Original BTC, was one of the first to use bone china in lamp-shade design, over 30 years ago in Oxfordshire, England. Broom’s Eclipse fixture melds an acrylic circle with a mirrored one, like two moons meeting. The constellation style comes in configurations big and small, with sticks of LEDs arranged to suggest starry skies.ĬB2’s Savina pendant is an alabaster orb with swirls that resembles a planetary gas giant.Īnd British designer Lee Broom’s Crescent collection includes suspended lighting with illuminated acrylic spheres bisected to reveal a brass interior, as though a futuristic space station were opening its door. Some statement lighting has a cosmic vibe. Statement lighting, she says, “allows folks to spotlight their homes, while doubling as eye-catching artwork.”ĭesigners of lighting fixtures are getting creative with materials, including fiber, porcelain, glass, fabric, paper and metal. She cites more searches for ’70s-era lamps, decorative lighting, vintage fixtures and colorful pieces. “I aim to capture a moment of beauty in the natural world, and bring it to life,” he says.Įtsy trend expert Dayna Isom Johnson sees a rise in interest in “statement lighting” - sculptural pendants, standout sconces, snazzy shades with lots of wow factor. Other configurations he’s devised suggest the bowing branches of a snow-covered aspen tree, a raptor’s nest, a constellation. Dozens of LED-lit solid glass drops are suspended from a white canopy to look as though they had been caught in mid-flight at night.īradley’s own Samsara fixture suspends white porcelain rings from a brass spine, evoking the rib cage of a sun-bleached whale skeleton.
In Murmuration, the British design firm Ochre conceptualizes the phenomenon of birds swooping through the sky in mesmerizing, cloud-like formations.