The craft
Every lamp begins as rattan or bamboo growing in the mountains north of Chiang Mai. Between the forest and your home is a process that cannot be rushed.
"We let the rattan dry slowly in mountain air before weaving — the light it makes is warmer for it. You cannot fake this with a machine."
The process
Rattan is harvested by hand from forests above 800 metres, where slower growth produces denser, more flexible cane. We work only with families who harvest sustainably — taking no more than one third of each plant per season.
Freshly cut rattan is hung in open-air structures and dried for two to four weeks in mountain air. This slow drying is what gives the cane its characteristic warm golden colour. Any faster and the rattan becomes brittle.
Dried cane is split by hand with a blade into strips of uniform width — a skill that takes years to master. Each strip is checked for evenness by feel. Strips that don't meet standard are set aside for smaller decorative work.
The weaving itself takes one to three days per lamp, depending on the pattern complexity. Our weavers work without templates — the form emerges from their hands and memory. No two lamps are exactly the same.
Completed shades are trimmed, sanded smooth at the edges, and fitted with certified electrical components. We use E27 pendant sockets rated for LED bulbs up to 15W. Each lamp is lit and checked before packing.
The people
Head Weaver · 28 years
Malee learned rattan weaving from her mother at age twelve in San Kamphaeng. She leads our core team of seven weavers and is responsible for quality on every piece.
Bamboo Specialist · 19 years
Somchai comes from a family that has worked bamboo in Ban Tawai for three generations. He handles all splitting, curing, and preparation before the cane reaches the weavers.
Finishing & Wiring · 25 years
Nong oversees the finishing process and electrical assembly. She is certified in low-voltage wiring and checks every lamp individually before it leaves the workshop.
Materials
Harvested from forests above 800m in Chiang Mai and Nan provinces. Slower growing than lowland rattan, the cane is denser and more flexible. The natural colour ranges from pale straw to deep honey — variation we consider a feature, not a defect.
Sustainably harvested · No chemical treatment
Split from Phyllostachys species grown in Chiang Mai's highlands. Bamboo at altitude grows more slowly, producing culms with thicker walls and tighter grain — which holds its shape better and resists splitting over time.
Cured naturally · No lacquer or varnish
See the result
Each lamp in our collection is the result of this process — from mountain forest to your room.
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