USING MATERIALS TO BRIDGE LIGHT FIXTURE STYLES

Lines and shapes may give lighting designs form and structure, but materials bring them to life. While silhouettes engage the eye, it’s often the materials comprising those shapes – their textures and colors, the way they reflect light and create shadow — that stimulate our emotions and generate an aesthetic response.

Dressing a trio of geometric pendants in lashed rawhide can add authentic western flair to an otherwise contemporary fixture.

This powerful role that materials play in lighting design can be leveraged to bridge styles and create surprisingly refreshing alternatives to traditional fixtures. For example, dressing a trio of geometric pendants in lashed rawhide can add authentic western flair to an otherwise contemporary fixture. Updating a traditional European chandelier or sconce silhouette with sleek glass cylinders creates a versatile yet timeless look equally at home in transitional or modern interiors. Substituting industrial mesh for white fabric turns a basic drum fixture into an eye catching, urban-inspired focal point. Whatever the style, combining familiar silhouettes with unusual materials can yield eye-catching fixtures that elevate interiors in creative and compelling ways.

As a custom lighting designer and manufacturer, Hammerton is frequently tasked with creating these types of ‘statement’ fixtures that marry innovative design with the high quality craftsmanship we’re known for. Click through the gallery above to view a few of our favorites.

This subtly Asian-inspired fixture elevates a simple bowl form to celebrity status by combining colorful layers of kiln-slumped and artisan-blown glass. A blown glass ball finial adds the finishing touch.

Lines and layers set the stage while woven steel mesh, light mica and an antique nickel finish complete this industrial chic reinterpretation of a basic drum fixture.

A warmer palette of light glass and a copper finish lean this mesh drum light towards a transitional Craftsman style.

This custom pendant features a leafy ecoresin lens material, delicately scalloped into a whimsical matte black parasol.

Crafted from Washi paper and polished steel, this violet-patterned pool light gives a simple fixture silhouette a uniquely whimsical spin.

From the Hammerton Chateau collection, a traditional European chandelier silhouette is updated with tumbled rock crystal swag and sleek glass cylinders to complement a broad range of interior styles.

You can explore more luxury lighting designs by browsing our various Hammerton collections. To learn more about how we can customize fixtures to take your commercial, hospitality or residential project to the next level, contact one of our team members by emailing [email protected] or calling 801.973.8095.