Spotted via Instagram: handmade cloth lamps by Chamusquina in Spain. The project of interior designer Catalina Alós, Chamusquina started as a collaboration between friends in Barcelona in the 1990s and continues on that way. “In our small workshop we design and make our pieces with simple materials: iron frames, linen fabrics, cotton, ribbons, ropes,” according to the site. “All our lamps are handmade, cut, sewn, and assembled with great enthusiasm. We attach great importance to the warmth of the light filtered by the fabric.”
Take a look at a few of the simple but ethereal, poetic designs—now coveted by all of us.
Photography via Chamusquina.
![a look at the collection. \2\20;the designs are exclusive, and in each o 17](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/chamusquina-lampara-baum-negro-2-733x1100.jpg)
![the lámpara colgante duende (\$\1\19 usd) is made up of a linen shade and 18](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/chamusquina-lampara-colgante-duende-733x733.jpg)
“From the beginning the designs were very minimalist,” according to the Chamusquina site. “Our purpose was to achieve light quality by making the lamp disappear as an object. The iron structures were very fine and the screens very simple. Later we removed the structure and we were left with the simple screen that hung from a steel cable.”
![the same shape is also available as a table lamp: the lámpara de mesa duen 19](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/chamusquina-lampara-de-mesa-duende.jpg)
![in the workshop\2\17;s early days, some thirty years ago, \2\20;o 20](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/chamusquina-lampara-muffin-2-733x733.jpg)
![and the lamp in off white folded linen (also \$\130 usd for the small size and 21](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/chamusquina-lampara-muffin-733x733.jpg)
![the components of a light are stripped back entirely to create the \100 percent 22](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/chamusquina-lampara-bag-733x734.jpg)
![\2\20;we achieve the vertical displacement of the lamp with the help of 23](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/chamusquina-lampara-baum-negro-733x733.jpg)
![another lámpara muffin. 24](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/chamusquina-lampara-muffin-3-733x733.jpg)
![the lámpara flor (\$\130 usd) hangs from its own cord, which adds a dash o 25](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/chamusquina-lampara-flor-733x733.jpg)
![the simple, eco friendly components of a chamusquina light. 26](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/chamusquina-lampara-baum-crufo-733x733.jpg)
For much more, head to Chamusquina. And for more in the way of statement lights, see:
- Remodelista Reconnaissance: A Minimalist Hanging Light that Looks Like a UFO
- Remodeling 101: Bedside Lighting
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