NEW Lighting for the summer season

As the days grow longer and the light shifts with the arrival of summer, it's the perfect time to refresh your home with new lighting. Sustainable lighting specialists Tom Raffield are adding new designs to their range of steam-bent lighting for the Summer of 2025, with a focus on creating not only a welcoming glow in the home, but stand-out designs that double up as art pieces when not illuminated.

Keel

New to the established Comber lighting range is Keel. Taking inspiration from the natural, spiraling forms that scatter our Atlantic tide lines, the Keel is a striking display of confident, modern design.

With six lighting designs within the Keel range, including a trio pendant cluster, wall, floor, and table lights, each lighting element of the Keel is made from a single, isolated section - a wide piece of oak or walnut timber that is arched by hand into a choreographed formation. Producing a funnel of diffused down light, the Keel's inviting glow will bring warmth as bedside lights, function to space-saving hallways and create drama over kitchen

Designs in the Keel Lighting Range

• Keel Pendant (available in oak and walnut) RRP £125
• Keel Wall Light (available in oak and walnut) RRP £225
• Keel Pendant Trio Cluster (available in oak and walnut) RRP £375
• Keel - Stem Floor Light (available in oak) RRP £520
• Keel - Stem Table Light (available in oak) RRP £320
• Keel - Stem Wall Light (available in oak) RRP £320

Shoal

Drawing inspiration from the graceful movements and fluid shapes of fish swimming in unison, the Shoal Lighting Range is a celebration of harmony. Designed to mimic the interwoven textures and smooth, flowing forms found beneath the surface of the ocean, each lighting design is carefully crafted to evoke a sense of tranquillity.

New to the range, the Shoal Wall Light is handcrafted from thirteen swirls of sustainably sourced ash, oak, or walnut, interwoven in flowing layers. The twisting, textured surface creates a calming visual impact, while the bold display of light and shadow is enhanced with dynamic character. With bulbs beneath the surface to provide an ambient glow, this hardwired wall light is well suited to entranceways, bedrooms or living rooms, enhancing your space with a balance of style and serenity.

• Shoal Wall Light (availble in ash, oak, and walnut) RRP £395 (ash), £415 (oak, walnut)

Available only from www.tomraffield.com from 25.07.25

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About Tom Raffield

Our purpose is to create new ways of living with our original, timeless objects that are inspired by the natural world that surrounds us here in Cornwall. Our artisan lighting, furniture and accessory designs are handcrafted by our skilled team of makers to last a lifetime using traditional craft processes in sustainable and innovative ways. We aim to transform spaces and leave a lasting impact without having an impact on the very thing that drives us - nature. We are the antidote to over consumption and hope to inspire a like-minded conscious community, helping to create a world where people and nature thrive for future generations to enjoy.

Since discovering the traditional, age-old technique of steam bending wood whilst studying his degree in 3D Sustainability & Design, Tom has been on an incredible self-taught journey of developing and understanding the process to become one of the world leaders in his craft. Tom’s fascination with the ecological technique allows him to create intricate pieces of art that curve and twist, mimicking organic shapes and celebrating the very thing that inspires him - nature.

Tom Raffield is one of a new generation of designers and makers, using his craft in innovative and contemporary ways. Leading the charge in sustainable design, he is driven to forge a path to excellence and cause as little environmental impact as possible along the way.

His passion and skill are now shared with his talented team of craftspeople, together they create objects that symbolise nature, tell a story and will last a lifetime, all whilst protecting the natural world.

“Each piece we create has been on an experimental journey - individual, organic and carefully considered. We source everything from sustainable woodlands, which, coupled with the low energy steam bending process, is a very ecological practice with little wastage,” explains Tom Raffield, founder.

Handcrafted in their BREEAM Excellent studios in Cornwall, England, the range of contemporary lighting, furniture and accessories Tom Raffield creates is based on beauty, integrity and a desire to create unique, high specification objects that will be cherished by their owners for years to come.

Sustainability at Tom Raffield

With the smallest ecological footprint possible, Tom Raffield forge a path to excellence, crafting the heirlooms of the future whilst protecting the natural world that inspires them. Find out more here.

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Posted: 02.07.25
Updated: 02.07.25