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Collection 05 · Since 2023

Lume

Warm butter and ivory glazes formulated to hold light rather than reflect it — designed for evening tables.

The thinking

Glaze as light

Lume exists because candlelight is unkind to white porcelain. A cold white body under a warm low light goes grey; a warm body under the same light appears to glow.

The glazes were developed over two winters against a single reference: a beeswax candle at a metre. Each one carries a trace of rutile and tin, which softens the surface and lends a faint depth you notice most when the room is dim.

In daylight the range reads as a quiet cream. After dark it does something else entirely.

Specification

Body
Warm ivory stoneware
Finish
Rutile satin, light-holding
Firing
1,250°C oxidation
Introduced
2023
In this collection
12
A butter-toned plate lit so the glaze appears to glow from within
A butter-toned side plate photographed from above on a soft cream surface
A column of cream glazed bowls catching low golden light on an oak shelf

The pieces

Lume in production

3 shapes currently made to order. Lead time is four to six weeks for standard glazes.

Next collection

Atelier

One of one

Specifying Lume for a project?

Send us the covers and the service style. We will come back with quantities, stack heights, lead times and a sample box.

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