When we started designing our first-ever light we knew that we wanted to use terracotta. We were used to seeing this material used in a utilitarian and rustic way for tableware and external elements like plant and chimney pots and we wanted to bring its beautiful warmth and texture together with a more modern shape and glaze combination. Our terracotta shades are made using a slip casting technique which starts with filling plaster moulds with liquid clay and allowing this to partially dry before pouring out the excess. The leather-hard terracotta is then removed from the mould and hand finished. The shades are then bisque-fired, dip-glazed by hand and fired again. This repeated firing has a lovely way of deepening the colour creating an even richer finish. The Mütze combines the beautiful tactile nature of terracotta with this pleasing modern shape.
