ZK-01/AL-04 by ubushina

Pendant lamp

ZK-01-U | ubushina

ZK-01-U | ubushina

 

DESIGN NOTE

  • lampshades made of highly translucent porcelain

  • A combination of hammered and black dyed aluminIum

 
 
 

JP

photography : ubushina

words : Reiji Yamakura/IDREIT

 
 

Ubushina, a creative project that connects traditional Japanese techniques and designers, created a pendant lamp ‘ZK-01’. This series of extremely delicate pendant lampshades are made of unique 'translucent porcelain', developed at the Ceramic Research Center of Nagasaki, with a translucency of 30%.

Tomoco Suzuki, who is in charge of the development, said, “We used a special blend of materials, including vitreous material, with a high degree of transparency. Since this material is very delicate, we made many prototypes for size and shape. The porcelain series has several variants, including one with a traditional Japanese carved pattern.”

The plain model ZK-01 is available in the unglazed matte-textured ZK-01 and the glazed, ZK-01-U.

 

Besides, AL-04 has the same silhouette and is a black dyed aluminium shade with a hammered finish. The slight unevenness of the black-dyed surface and the hammered texture is an attractive feature.

 

DETAIL

Pendant lamp ‘ZK-01-U’ is made of unique translucent porcelain. High transparency is achieved by mixing vitreous materials.

Pendant lamp ‘ZK-01-U’ is made of unique translucent porcelain. High transparency is achieved by mixing vitreous materials.

‘AL-04’ was made of black dyed hammered aluminium.

‘AL-04’ was made of black dyed hammered aluminium.

Ubushina has a wide range of pendant lamps that showcase their craftsmanship and material variations.

Ubushina has a wide range of pendant lamps that showcase their craftsmanship and material variations.

 

CREDIT + INFO

Name:

ZK-01 plain

ZK-01-U plain with glaze

AL-04 hammered finish black

Design, manufacture: ubushina


Material:

ZK-01/translucent porcelain

AL-04/aluminium

Size: φ150 H125 (socket size E17)

 

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