CYMBAL

Brass, Patina, Gun Metal Glazed Ceramic, LED, Hardware.
2024


Handmade in New York City


The Cymbal Sconce is a means to manipulate the idea of the sun into a soft object.


The Cymbal Sconce was designed out of working as a fabricator for New York’s best furniture and interior designers. After about a year, the idea came to me through this continuous work with brass and the uproar of sconces to the scene. I had been making tables, lamps, and various other decorative touches to pieces in brass and decided I wanted to explore the material myself.

The patina process is quite unpredictable and impractical in a way, but its visual beauty is unlike anything else. Brass is a material that is notoriously difficult to stabilize (any skin oils will tarnish and chemically change the material forever). Using patina to speed up this process is extremely rewarding and beautiful.

While it is not unfamiliar, plug-in sconces are less common than hard-wired. The lamp is available in both options. The release is initinally in the plug-in option, which is often more accessible and attainable to the masses.