Slate is cut from natural stone, and the surface is deliberately left textured rather than polished smooth. That gives the pendant real weight in a room, visual weight as much as physical, without it needing to be large about it. The texture catches light across its own surface, so the fitting has something to look at even before it is switched on. It is a quiet object rather than a showy one.
Stone diffuses light differently from glass or metal. The material softens the output at its edges while still throwing a crisp pool straight down, and that combination is genuinely hard to achieve any other way. Over a dining table it lights the food and the faces around it without lighting the whole room at the same time, which is exactly the effect most people are trying to buy when they hang a pendant over a table and then find the room too bright.
Each shade carries its own grain and colour variation, because the stone was formed long before anyone thought about lighting with it. Hang one low over a table, or a pair down the length of a longer surface where the differences between the two pieces become part of the point.
- Material: natural stone, textured rather than polished
- Light: soft at the edges, crisp directly beneath
- Character: grain and colour vary from piece to piece
- Style: minimalist and wabi-sabi interiors
- Installation: heavier than glass, check the ceiling fixing
- Best for: dining tables, kitchens and bathrooms
- Ships from our EU/US warehouse, delivered in 4-8 business days
