"Most LED sconces are thin metal plates and diffusers, designed to disappear into a wall and quietly meet a lumen spec. That approach is efficient but rarely memorable. The Iris Sconce by Siemon & Salazar is the opposite, a fixture that leans into glass and bronze as expressive materials and treats light as something sculpted rather than simply emitted, turning a functional wall mount into a small piece of living craft."
"The studio describes Iris as a piece that uses mottled clear thick glass and a cast-bronze heat sink to balance ancient craft with a forward-looking spirit. Each sconce is shaped by hand, with molten crystal poured directly and manipulated immediately, so no molds are used and no two patterns are alike. The result is a fixture that feels more like a living object than a repeated product, where the character comes from the glass itself."
"The cast-bronze element at the center acts as both a heat sink for the LED and a visual anchor. Its rough, hammered surface contrasts with the smooth glass, and it reads like a pupil, a seed, or a small meteor embedded in crystal. The bronze conducts heat away from the LED, but it also brings warmth and weight to the composition, grounding the otherwise ethereal glass and giving the sconce a core you can read even from across the room."
The Iris Sconce combines hand-formed, lead-free crystal discs with a cast-bronze central heat sink to make wall lighting feel like crafted sculpture. Molten crystal is poured and manipulated hot without molds, creating ripples, grooves, and unique internal patterns so each disc has a distinct outline and surface. The bronze center functions as a heat sink and visual anchor, its hammered texture contrasting the glass and adding warmth and weight. The thick textured glass acts as a lens, bending and scattering LED light into a halo; the LED sits behind the bronze, letting light spill around the center.
Read at Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
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