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.
A large dome of handblown Czech glass with a frosted finish rests atop a custom base made of vertical solid brass plates. A brass ring fits onto the base as a seat for the glass dome. Imposing in size, it can work on large furniture, or the floor, depending on the decor. While large, the softness of the frosted glass and minimal presence of the base make it approachable and compelling.
An expressive glass vessel that appears to stretch under its weight serves as a shade in this pendant. The glass element here is different from that of the Hold Sconce and Hold Pendant in that is round and not flattened, and it is also of a different size. The glass element hangs from a brass "pin" element, made of a continuous ribbon of the brass bar, which opens and closes to allow for removal of the glass.
A two-tone diffuser of handblown Czech glass made up of two flattened spherical shapes in two colors which are melded together while hot on the glass blower’s pipe. The glass is held to a solid brass canopy by a brass band that sits at the "waist" between the two spheres. Each sphere is lit from within by its own bulb, one in each sphere. Suspended on two fabric-wrapped electrical cords from a canopy whose shape mimics the geometry of the pendant itself.
A two-tone diffuser of handblown Czech glass made up of two flattened spherical shapes in two colors which are melded together while hot on the glass blower’s pipe. The glass is held to a solid brass canopy by a brass band that sits at the "waist" between the two spheres. Each sphere is lit from within by its own bulb, one in each sphere. Suspended on two rigid brass tube stems from a canopy whose shape mimics the geometry of the pendant itself.
