As the market for handmade mugs and platters nears saturation, ceramic artists are shifting to create table lamps, embracing their craft's diversity and glazing techniques. This trend recalls the luminous designs of the 1960s Scandinavian studios that popularized ceramic lighting. The article showcases ten contemporary lamp designs, including the Tera Lamp Stripe by Ceramicah, which offers various sizes and glazes, and the Barro Negro Collection that utilizes unique indigenous clay from Mexico, highlighting intricate firing processes that yield stunning aesthetics.
The deep, inky color is the result of the unique properties of this indigenous clay combined with a firing process in which the smoke and heat—and deprivation of oxygen—creates an intense carbonization effect.
Ceramicah is run by Micah Blyckert and Alexandra Cadiz, a couple who are both former architects.
Much of it also calls to mind the last great ceramic table lighting moment, in the 1960s, when Scandinavian studios sent their designs all over the world.
Above: From Ceramicah of LA, the Tera Lamp Stripe, shown here in medium, $1,895, come in three sizes and many glazes.
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