Neo Wall Light
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Neo Wall Light
About
Created in collaboration with London design studio Buchanan Studio, the Neotenic lighting collection is inspired by the craft of glassmaking, curved shapes and a touch of Neapolitan nostalgia – making handmade glass the hero. The Neo Wall Light’s curvaceous shade is mouth blown in opal glass and swirled with good-enough-to-eat palette of Strawberry, Chocolate and Vanilla tones.
When unlit, the swirly glass surface almost looks like delicious confectionery. When illuminated, the light transforms into a glowing pool of colour that washes light elegantly across the wall. Mounted on a compact backplate, the shade is held in place by neat brass screws that add a considered detail. The softly rounded profile sits close to the wall yet retains a generous presence, ideal for corridors, living rooms, bedrooms or either side of a mirror. Each shade emerges from our Oxfordshire oven with its own swirling pattern and delicate variations, a natural result of the hand-swirled glass that ensures no two lights are ever quite the same. Finished with a refined brass cap, the design brings sculptural elegance and a touch of flair to any space.
Manufacturing
Each Neotenic shade is shaped entirely by hand by our glassblowers in our Oxfordshire glassworks, and a lot of time went into perfecting its proportions and signature swirl. Once the raw batch is melted and gathered on a blowpipe as molten glass, the glassblower forms a bubble, coats it in opal glass and introduces colour using coloured frit before stretching and rolling the hot glass back on itself, creating marble-like ripples and veins.
A final gather is blown into a custom three-part graphite mould to achieve the bullnose form, then released, annealed slowly overnight, and cold worked by hand. The rim is cut, sanded, bevelled and polished, holes are drilled for fittings, and the shade is ready for assembly. Natural variations in the process make every piece one of a kind.
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The Collaboration
Neotenic began with an open brief and a tour of Original BTC’s Oxfordshire HQ, where Buchanan Studio co-founder Angus Buchanan and Original BTC Director Charlie Bowles discovered their common passion for British craft and contemporary design. “We were particularly taken by the way the glass transforms when illuminated. It has one character when turned off, and another entirely when glowing,” Angus recalls.
“Together, we’ve produced something unique – a true celebration of UK design and craftsmanship,” says Charlie. Explore the full story behind the collection in our Journal article.
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