Glasnor Glass Pendant Light | Handblown Glass Hanging Lamp For Dining Rooms and Kitchen Islands

Handblown glass differs from moulded in ways you can see at close range. The wall thickness varies slightly, there are usually small bubbles caught in the material, and the shape is never perfectly symmetrical. On a pendant hung low over a table, where people are sitting a metre from it, those differences are visible and they are the reason to pay for it.

Optically the variation does something too. Uneven wall thickness refracts light unevenly, so the shade has brighter and softer areas rather than one uniform glow, and that variation is what makes handblown glass look alive against the flat evenness of a moulded shade. Expect each shade to differ slightly in form and thickness, since that is what handblown means rather than an inconsistency in manufacture. Hang a run at a single height so the variation between shades reads as intended rather than as an error in hanging.

Hang it over a dining table, a kitchen island, or a breakfast bar where it will be seen close. Every piece differs, so yours will not match the photograph exactly, which is inherent to the process. Electrical installation should be carried out by a qualified electrician in line with local wiring regulations. Buy it now.

• Handblown, so wall thickness and shape vary
• Small bubbles caught in the glass are inherent
• Uneven thickness refracts light unevenly
• Brighter and softer areas rather than one flat glow
• Best hung low where it is seen close
• Installation by a qualified electrician