Case Study: BIG & BOLD
OCEAN REEF CLUB, KEY LARGO FL The largest private residential club community in the U.S., Ocean Reef Club debuted its new 30,000 square foot Carysfort conference center in 2016. Working closely with the on-site team, Hammerton designe...
Read MoreCraft-based value engineering
An oxymoron? We disagree. Indeed, conventional wisdom would claim that quality craftsmanship rarely comes at a competitive price. But quite the opposite is true at Hammerton. We’ve spent two decades refining our operational sk...
Read MoreA VIEW FROM THE SHOP: Crystal Fused Glass
DCH-2-045-16A-B Welcome to our 'View from the Shop', a monthly custom spotlight series presented by the Hammerton design team. Each month we'll give you a 'first look' of one or more recent custom projects hot off the shop fl...
Read MoreTHE CRANKSHAFT: Behind the Design
Inspiration comes from many places. In the case of this particular design, it was from a car engine. Way back in 2010, our team collaborated with a vintage car enthusiast on a signature chandelier for his Florida oceanfront residence, and t...
Read MoreA ‘VIEW FROM THE SHOP’: FEATURED CUSTOM PROJECT
Often, it all starts with just one fixture. In this case, the fixture was an indoor cover sconce -- and from that single concept grew a series of crisply-lined fixtures in the striking combination of custom white glass and black finish ...
Read MoreCelebrating Glass IN THE COMPANY OF A MASTER
Like so many great artists, Dale Chihuly makes the outrageously complex seem entirely effortless -- in scale, materials, design and detail. So when Hammerton was tasked with creating decorative lighting for a large living space defined by...
Read MoreA BOLD Approach TO LIGHTING THE MOUNTAIN HOME
In design, as in life, there's usually a high correlation between commitment and success, and today's large mountain residences offer a great example of that. Most luxury mountain interiors, whether rustic, contemporary, or somewhere...
Read MoreThe Softer Side of Mesh
Fundamentally, woven steel mesh is a rugged utilitarian material. But in lighting design is it suited solely for gritty, industrial interiors? We don't think so. A decade ago, our design team fell in love with mesh because they saw re...
Read MoreFIVE DIMENSIONS OF CHATEAU STYLE
While the term "Chateau style" connotes images of fairytale-like 16th & 17th-century castles dotted along the sylvan Loire River in central France, the aesthetic is more broadly representative of a mix of late Gothic and Italian Renaiss...
Read MoreCASE STUDY: A MODERN TAKE ON THE AMERICAN FARMHOUSE
One of our greatest joys at Hammerton is working with fearless design clients who are willing to break the rules. This new Washington, CT residence is case in point: while the simple lines and hand hewn materials of the exterior architectur...
Read More2016 Custom SPOTLIGHT
We crafted hundred of custom fixtures last year. Some involved major design modifications to catalog products to achieve specific size, scale, aesthetic or functional requirements, while many were completely designed from scratch. Below a...
Read MoreHammerton 2016 best sellers
While Hammerton is best known as a custom lighting manufacturer, our catalog offers close to 1,000 fixtures in styles ranging from rustic log & timber to sleek contemporary. Many customers purchase within standard specifications, but mo...
Read MoreNow Available: CREE® LED option for Top Sellers
On the heels of the enormously popular Bezel/Gem and Parallel introductions – both featuring integrated LED – we’ve added an LED option to several other top-selling fixtures. Drums, pendants, linear suspensions and sconces from Temp...
Read MoreThe Iconic Hammerton Pine Cone
Some stories can be reduced to a brief summary with the popular phrase, “In ...
Read MoreHAMMERTON & CREE LEDs: BETTER LIGHT
Our superior quality standards at Hammerton demand the very best in everything we do. So when it came to adopting an LED platform, we were patient. Our clients expected the highest performance level from their ...
Read MoreHigh Point Market Recap: Designer TOP PICKS
Last week’s market — Hammerton's first trip back to High Point in a decade — was a tremendous success. Hundreds of designers visited our showroom, several of whom were either new to the brand or entirely unaware of our industry-leadin...
Read MoreTop Seller Spotlight: The Triple Apex
Back in the 1990's, when Hammerton was busy making custom pinecone-laden and Craftsman-style fixtures for luxury hotels and residences popping up throughout the intermountain west, many clients began looking 'across the pond' for a classic ...
Read MoreNew Product Spotlight: Chiseled Glass
Those familiar with the Hammerton aesthetic are well aware of our passion for transforming common materials into uncommon lighting designs. Think heavy gauge steel, blown and kiln glass, industrial mesh, and so on. So it's no surprise that ...
Read MoreDramatic Dome Designs
The dome style of light fixture has been around as long as the lightbulb -- literally. In the first years of the 20th century the earliest commercial electric bulbs were scarcely brighter than a gaslight flame, so housing multiple bulbs ...
Read MoreA Modern Take on a Timeless Look
This popular design family from the Hammerton Chateau collection shows how a marriage of old and new can be marvelously magical. Fondly called 'Chateau Redux', these fixtures ...
Read MoreCoaxing Nature from Glass & Steel
At Hammerton, we’re passionate about using common materials to create uncommon lighting designs. While glass and steel are certainly conventional materials, using them artistically to evoke nature-inspired lighting designs is not.
Our art...
Read MoreARTISAN SPOTLIGHT: CURTIS EVANS
Artists create works of aesthetic beauty. Engineers create products that function seamlessly. Curtis Evans does both -- exceptionally well. As an imaginative young boy obsessed wi...
Read MoreDRUM MATERIALS THAT SAY ‘WOW’
Is there any light more versatile than the drum? We think this workhorse fixture deserves much more than a white shade. By incorporating eye-catching materials and textures -- think fused crystal, textured kiln-fired glass, woven steel mesh...
Read MoreSummer Custom Series: Specialty FIXTURES
What do Celtic knots, video projectors, the family dog, gondolas, pistols and princess colors have in common? Believe it or not, they've all been incorporated into Hammerton light fixtures at one time or another. As a custom manufacturer, w...
Read MoreSummer Custom Series: Organic DESIGN
Nature has given us a visual smorgasbord of shapes, colors and textures from which to draw inspiration. At Hammerton, we transform these visual elements into functional works of art. Hand-forged and sculpted aspen, maple and oak leaves, gra...
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