Handcrafted Wooden Pendant Light | Natural Scandinavian Ceiling Lamp For Dining Room Tables

Wood is unusual as a pendant shade material and that is most of the appeal. Metal reflects, glass transmits, fabric diffuses, and wood does something none of them do: it blocks light across the solid areas and lets it through the gaps, so the fitting throws pattern rather than an even wash.

Handcrafted matters here more than it does on a moulded product. A wooden shade is assembled piece by piece, and the consistency of the spacing and the finish at the joins is the difference between a considered object and a kit. The grain also differs shade to shade, so no two are identical, which is the nature of timber rather than a variation in quality. Keep it out of a kitchen directly above a hob, since timber takes up cooking grease and darkens unevenly where it settles.

Hang it over a dining table, an island, or in a stairwell where the pattern it throws has walls to land on, since that effect is largely wasted in a room with nothing near it. Keep it away from prolonged damp. Electrical installation should be carried out by a qualified electrician, and the ceiling fixing must carry the weight. Buy it now.

• Wood blocks and passes light, throwing pattern rather than a wash
• Assembled piece by piece rather than moulded
• Grain differs shade to shade, no two identical
• Best where the pattern has nearby walls to land on
• Keep away from prolonged damp
• Installation by a qualified electrician