Litchfield Lamp Extra Large, Ceramic Sculptural Table Lamp by Dumais Made

It started with a Christmas present. A pottery class in Manhattan, from Kevin to Charlie (they were dating). Charlie, a lighting designer by profession, was a longtime dabbler in ceramics, and the class was a chance to take a deeper dive. He fell in love with slab construction, the process of creating complete pieces from a single rolled sheet of clay. The way you had to plan carefully beforehand, but improvise during the execution. The chance to do something with his hands, after working on a screen all day. Kevin, an interior designer, offered encouragement and inspiration. Dumais Made is their debut collection, a complete line of unique handmade ceramics including lamps, candlesticks, vases and more. The pieces combine an elegant simplicity of form with a love for the beautiful imperfections of the process–unfinished edges, mingling glazes, a stray fingerprint. The pair enjoy drawing on classic designs and making them playfully personal, a lamp may be inspired by Jean Michel-Frank, then finished with a Danish cookie roller for a fetching waffled texture. The palette reflects a shared appreciation for subtle-but-striking colors: pale midcentury greens, rich ochres, gentle metallics. These are versatile pieces, designed to fit naturally into a room at first glance, then wow on closer inspection. Produced out of a New York studio and the couple’s Connecticut home, Dumais Made is a labor of love, the product of two perfectionists having fun.