Hand-painted lamps drawn from the world's living design traditions.
What we draw from
Turkish calligraphy and tezhip · Sudanese khalwa and the wooden tablet
Taif roses · Mughal block printing · Kashmiri kar-i-munaqqash · Sindhi ajrakh
Palestinian tatreez · Persian rug medallions · Afghan kilim · Uyghur atlas silk
Congolese raffia · Wayuu and Warao weaving · Sudanese tabag
Moroccan zellige · Andalusian geometry · Yemeni gypsum · Damascene mother-of-pearl
Japanese sakura · Chinese Guohua and lanterns · Haitian folk art
“O humanity! Indeed, We created you from a male and a female, and made you into peoples and tribes so that you may get to know one another. Surely the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous among you. Allah is truly All-Knowing, All-Aware.”
Surah Al-Hujurat · 49:13
“Allah is beautiful and He loves beauty.”
Narration of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
A man asked Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), “What is the best act of Islam?” He (peace be upon him) said, “To feed others and to give greetings of Salam to those whom you know and to those whom you do not know.”
Narration of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
Why we make them
In a world often divided, we believe beauty is a universal language. When someone brings home one of our lamps, they're not just purchasing an object. They're honouring a culture, supporting artisans, and becoming part of a movement that celebrates the dignity and beauty in every tradition.
This sharing of beauty is an invitation to connect, learn, and know one another.
Palestine
Motifs lifted from Palestinian embroidery: eight-pointed stars, diamond lattices and small florettes, bordered with running bands of dots and chevrons.
Unlit — the painted object
Every stitch is painted by hand, line by line.
Lit — the story it tells
Switched on, the stitch becomes a glow, a pattern carried across generations of women's hands.
Finished by master artisans.
Small numbered runs.
Profit given to feeding those in need.
Each lamp is a genuine work of art, a window into a life story told through light.
Rug medallions · Turkish tezhip
Papier-mâché · Gold linework
Palestine
Morocco · Al-Andalus
Eight-pointed stars and interlaced strapwork, geometry as devotion, cut and set by eye.
Cultural Icons
The khalwa & the wooden tablet
Set in the Ottoman hand, in honour of the khalwa, the Quranic schools of Sudan, where the verse is written on a wooden tablet and washed clean between memorisations.
Makkah · Madinah · Konya
Places people carry with them, painted in the palette of dusk.
Sakura · The mountain at dusk
Sakura and the mountain at dusk.
Plum blossom · Lantern light
Plum blossom and lantern light.
Florals and botanicals
The rose garden, the orchard, the meadow. Every bloom carried here by hand, from one tradition into another.
The rose garden
Wild Blue — Levantine cornflower and thistle.
The Meadow — Bahar, spring scattered across the ground.
Midsummer — Shukufa, the loose blossom spray of Mughal painting.
Rose Garden — Damask rose of Iran, Taif rose of the Hijaz.
Camellia Dusk — Hatayi, the Ottoman bloom “of Cathay”.
The orchard
Ember Vine — Islimi, the Persian and Mughal scrolling vine.
Ochre Tulip — Lâle, Ottoman, wild from the Central Asian steppe.
Ink Chrysanthemum — Hatayi again, Chinese bloom in Ottoman hands.
Oxblood Reserve — Reserved white on dark slip, Samanid Nishapur.
The meadow
Ink Arabesque — Rumi, the split-leaf arabesque of Anatolia.
Copper Scroll — the islimi vine in madder and ochre.
Walnut Grain — the figured grain of walnut, Juglans regia, the tree of Kashmir.
Saffron Sprig — Khatai sprigs on saffron, Herat and Bukhara.
Coast Fern — palm and fern of the Yemeni coast.
Cobalt Vine — Iznik blue and white.
Turmeric Bloom — madder and turmeric, the dyes of Sindhi ajrakh.
Rose Badam — badam and blossom on a rose ground, Kashmir.
Winter · Nightfall · The lit window
Snowfall, pinewood and the far window, painted for the season when the light matters most.
The pledge
Each lamp becomes a vehicle for awareness, cultural celebration, economic support, and meaningful giving.
A story told by light.
Hand-painted · Limited edition · Ten per cent of profit pledged
