We design and manufacture handblown glass lighting and objects from our studios in Healdsburg, Northern California and the Czech Republic. Every SkLO product is made with a deep appreciation for the richness of its organic material and the historical craft tradition it embodies.
SkLO designs demonstrate careful attention to detail, and a commitment to achieving the simplest expression of beauty. This belief in simplicity and design discipline is always balanced by a deep respect for the raw material, and closeness to the maker. There’s an inherent primal brutality and unexpectedness in glassblowing, and in Czech glass in particular. Masters of the craft make manipulation of molten glass appear effortless, as they employ generations of skillful technique. Our designs celebrate this process in their subtle irregularities, making each one a unique reflection of its long history.
You can’t tell glass what to do. The unique ability to capture moments in time within glass is what makes the material special.
The signature glass elements of the Fold collection are cylinders of handblown Czech glass with a gentle, intentional “fold”. Approximately 2"/50mm in diameter, the cylinders are sculpted by hand, each slightly different. For the Fold Round Chandeliers, lit glass Folds in three sizes/lengths are suspended on fabric-wrapped electrical cords from the circumference of a circular canopy. Available in three different sizes. Cord lengths are field adjustable.
The signature glass elements of the Fold collection are cylinders of handblown Czech glass with a gentle, intentional “fold”. Approximately 2"/50mm in diameter, the cylinders are sculpted by hand, each slightly different. For the Fold Linear Chandeliers, three sizes/lengths of individual Fold are suspended in rows on a fabric-wrapped electrical cord from rectangular canopies. Available in three different sizes. Cord lengths are field adjustable.
Cylinders of handblown Czech glass with a gentle, intentional “fold”. Approximately 2"/50mm in diameter, the cylinders are sculpted by hand, each slightly different. Available in three different lengths of Fold glass: 12”/305mm, 18”/460mm, and 24”/610mm. Suspended on a fabric-wrapped electrical cord from a simple brass canopy. Cord lengths are field adjustable.
Large spheres of handblown Czech glass with a custom brass socket assembly through one side. Each glass sphere is blown by hand without the use of moulds, and so is slightly imperfect in shape. Available in two sizes. Each is broken hot from the blower's pipe and the mouth then fire-polished to create an uncontrollable detail unique to each piece. Two brass thumb screws attach the removable bulb-and-socket from the side of the glass.
A minimal, sculptural suspended light composed of a larger, 7"/180mm diffuser of handblown Czech glass on a short horizontal stem opposite a smaller, 4.5"/110mm diffuser on a longer, downward arching stem. The glass diffusers are available in both "dipped" glass, featuring the SkLO double-dipped flame-polished mouth and "textured" glass, featuring a soft, frosted finish and subtle sculpted vertical ridges.
The Drape Skirt 18 Chandelier consists of 18 individual pendants gathered into 6 groups of 3 and supported by a series of 6 brass “skirt” structures arranged around the circumference of a brass ring. The brass “skirts” attach to the ring by a series of simple slotted connections, allowing the “skirts” to hold the ring with the slight friction of the cords passing through the smooth brass tubes of the “skirts”. Each pendant features a 4.5"/110mm diameter diffuser of handblown Czech glass suspended on a fabric-wrapped electrical cord. The glass diffusers are available in both "dipped" glass, featuring the SkLO double-dipped flame-polished mouth and "textured" glass, featuring a soft, frosted finish and subtle sculpted vertical ridges. Cord lengths are field adjustable.
