each month, a different type of light
One lamp, each month.
Each month I am going to make a lamp that echoes the seasonal changes around me. I'm always aware of how the sun moves around the world, constantly aware of the different seasons back in Aotearoa compared to Kernow. It's made me think a lot about light, seasons, and the wheel of the year. Expect a new lamp to be uploaded here, each month until May 2025.
Each month I am going to make a lamp that echoes the seasonal changes around me. I'm always aware of how the sun moves around the world, constantly aware of the different seasons back in Aotearoa compared to Kernow. It's made me think a lot about light, seasons, and the wheel of the year. Expect a new lamp to be uploaded here, each month until May 2025.
LAMP #1
Daffodil, the lamp of May.
I started making this lamp while our garden and the surrounding landscape was filled with Daffodils. The Tamar Valley used to be a major source of the early blooms for the rest of the United Kingdom, and as we live in an old farming landscape, many, many varieties of Narcissus some, down the road at Cotehele are 17th C varieties.
DETAILS:
Handmade Stoneware table lamp comprised of a handbuilt ceramic base from Dobels clay near St Agnes, Cornwall and linen lamp shade from Rūma. Finished in a soft yellow ash glaze from local sourced plant matter from our garden.
Wired with repurposed electric components that have been tested and tagged. Standard UK socket.
Electric fired.
Base diamater: 22.5cm
Height: 37cm
Lampshade diameter: 35cm
LAMP #2
Wading through yellow reeds , the lamp of June.
This lamp was being made as the reeds outside our Tamar River home were turning a perfect golden, then brown, then mid way though the month they gave way to new green shoots. It all happened so quickly. The base has a wobbly shape that I wanted to echo the root of the Reed as it moved through its yearly cycle under the layers of mud in the River.
DETAILS:
Handmade Stoneware table lamp comprised of a carved handbuilt ceramic base from Dobels clay near St Agnes, Cornwall and linen lamp shade from Dunelm, painted with ink based watercolours. Glazed with 3 ash glazes that were made from fireplace material from a friends farm.
The base has a small bend and fissure made while firing, and the price reflects this.
Wired with repurposed electric components that have been tested and tagged. Standard UK socket.
Electric fired.
Base diamater: 20cm
Height: 38cm
Lampshade diameter: 35cm
LAMP #3
Capricorn Teahouse, the lamp of July.
This lamp is a study in architectural lighting. I’m really interested in making work that speaks to a space you are living within. I’m also intrigued about the idea that light can mean many things. I have a burgeoning interest in the practice of Zen, and came across the idea of ‘The temptation of capturing what is meant to be ephemeral’. I really resonated with this idea and through this new work have tried to capture what a night sky might look if contained inside a building. Here is the result. Its name comes from the most recent full moon that beamed directly into my bedroom this month, and from the Japanese Teahouse, as its shape reminds me of the clear, simple architecture of these special buildings. DETAILS:
Handmade Stoneware table lamp comprised of a carved handbuilt ceramic base and a seperate handbuilt ceramic lampshade made from Dobels clay near St Agnes, Cornwall.
Glazed with an ash glaze made from Tamar River Valley Reeds from outside my home. The glaze is a thick, clear glaze.
Wired with repurposed electric components that have been tested and tagged. Standard UK socket.
Electric fired.
Base diamater: 22cm approx
Height: 42 cm approx
Lampshade diameter: 43 cm approx
LAMP #4
Talland the lamp of August.
A rock pool. a lazy river, a series of stones washed ashore. A tidal island seperated by a stretch of sea, once the home for someone seeking solace, now a forgotten rocky nest for sea birds. Something like Iona, Lindisfarne, Inishmore, Hy-Brasil, Aaran, Angelsey, St Michael’s, Scilly.
DETAILS:
Handmade Stoneware table lamp comprised of a handbuilt ceramic base from Dobels clay near St Agnes, Finished in a Tenmoku inspired glaze from local sourced plant matter from our garden.
The base is made from melted recycled and sea glass, handmade stones and foraged stones.
Wired with repurposed electric components that have been tested and tagged. Standard UK socket.
Electric fired.
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS:
Handbuilding Ikebana Vases:
Using pinch pot, coiling and slab building techniques, we will spend the evening making two different types of Ikebana vases over tea and snacks.
4th of October
6-8pm, My studio PL15,
Drinks and treats provided
£45 pp, Max 6 people
24th of October
6-8pm, Tavistock
Drinks and treats provided
£45 pp
Or contact:
caitlin@caitlinjclarke.com
Making Christmas Bells:
Using pinch pot building techniques, we will spend the evening making a range of bells decorated with coloured slip and stamps over shortbread and a glass of mulled wine.
7th of November
6-8pm, My studio PL15,
Drinks and treats provided
£45 pp, Max 6 people
10th of November
6-8pm, Tavistock
Xmas drinks and treats provided
£45 pp
Or contact:
caitlin@caitlinjclarke.com
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