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How our cane pendants are made
From a bundle of cane in Assam to a lamp on your ceiling.
Every cane pendant we sell starts in a village near Barpeta in Assam, where three families have woven cane and bamboo for generations. The cane is harvested from the surrounding forest, split into thin strips by hand and soaked so it bends without cracking.
The weavers work over wooden moulds that we make to our own drawings. A tiered pendant like our bestseller takes one person about two days. The weave has to be even, because any gap shows up as a bright spot when the lamp is lit.
The finished shades travel to Mumbai by road, packed in jute. In our studio we fit each one with a powder-coated steel ring, an E27 holder and fabric cable, and give it a coat of clear matt lacquer so it can be dusted with a soft brush without fraying.
Then it goes on the test wall for eight hours. We check the wiring, look for any loose strands and photograph it lit. Because every shade is woven by hand, no two are quite the same, and we like it that way.
