Contemporary Earthy Time Warp Wall Sconce Handcrafted by Jan Ernst

Deeply intrigued by surrealism, Ernst is intrigued by surrealist painters' studies of time, it's passing, and its link to their surrounding environments in order to create illogical situations. The artist has applied this notion to craft product designs of dreamlike irrationality to treescapes manifested as two pendant lights, ‘Loop’ which depicts the slow passing of time and the melting from one hour to the next, one era into another, in the droopiness of the lamps. The two organically shaped ‘Time Warp’ wall sconces feature elongated forms that fold into themselves to resemble the branches and stems of trees while symbolically representing the undulating pace of time. Completing the series and launching online are the two ‘Seed’ table...

The two Seed table lights are deliberately simplistic to echo the nebulous beginning of a tree – and by extension – the hesitant beginning of life itself at...

Handbuilt ceramic wall sconce with draped/folded marbled stoneware clay, reminiscent of the natural world.The nature of the technique used to shape the clay adds a touch of uniquenes...

A piece from the 'Delta' abstract sculpture series by James Rowland made from Brazilian hard wood with brass inlay. Scottish Artist and furniture Designer-Maker James Rowland of K...