Bring the Outdoors in, Whatever Your Style

To many, the idea of ‘organic lighting’ conjures up images of heavy rustic chandeliers featuring silhouettes of evergreen trees or pine cone-laden boughs. But organic themes aren’t just for rustic lights! With thoughtful design and creative use of natural materials,…

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U.S. Made Lighting: The Environmental Argument

Understandably, the major argument supporting the case for buying U.S.-made goods focuses on economic health in terms of jobs. Surprisingly, however, there’s not a lot written about the environmental benefits of buying domestically (although we did love environmental columnist Jennifer…

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A View from the Shop: Pezzetti

CHA2171 PE·ZZE·TTI (puh-sey-tee) – "little pieces" in Italian. The name may be Italian, but our new Pezzetti designs are unquestionably American. Pezzetti demonstrates our Utah-based design team's passion for transforming ordinary materials into extraordinary works of functional art. In our…

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The Iconic Hammerton Pine Cone

Some stories can be reduced to a brief summary with the popular phrase, “In a nutshell.” The Hammerton story is better abbreviated with, “From a pinecone.” Indeed, this unassuming little collection of seedpods is a mighty symbol of both our organic…

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New Product Spotlight: Chiseled Glass

Those familiar with the Hammerton aesthetic are well aware of our passion for transforming common materials into uncommon lighting designs. Think heavy gauge steel, blown and kiln glass, industrial mesh, and so on. So it’s no surprise that our design…

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Dramatic Dome Designs

The dome style of light fixture has been around as long as the lightbulb — literally.  In the first years of the 20th century the earliest commercial electric bulbs were scarcely brighter than a gaslight flame, so housing multiple bulbs together…

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Coaxing Nature from Glass & Steel

At Hammerton, we’re passionate about using common materials to create uncommon lighting designs. While glass and steel are certainly conventional materials, using them artistically to evoke nature-inspired lighting designs is not. Our artisans transform blown glass, kiln fused glass and…

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Materials We Love: Ecoresins

You may not have heard of ecoresin before, but you’ve most certainly seen it. This translucent co-polyester sheet material can be found almost everywhere you look. In the interior design world, it’s most often used as a decorative architectural panel that diffuses…

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Using Materials to Bridge Light Fixture Styles

Lines and shapes may give lighting designs form and structure, but materials bring them to life. While silhouettes engage the eye, it’s often the materials comprising those shapes – their textures and colors, the way they reflect light and create shadow — that stimulate our…

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Decorative Dome Lights

Decorative dome lights are a great source of soft, ambient light and are also ideal for distributing light in a large area. These versatile fixtures can be fashioned as either flush-mount or semi-flush mount ceiling lights, pendant lights or chandelier-style…

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Sparkling Optical Blown Glass Light Fixtures

No decorative lighting material exudes contemporary style more than optical glass. Blown in concave or convex shapes with qualities that magnify reflected light and spread lumen output, optical glass gives the illusion that it’s sparkling. The thickness of the glass…

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Materials We Love: Mica

Mica is a remarkably versatile mineral that is widely used in literally thousands of industrial and consumer products. The roof, drywall and paint in your home, the fenders and motor starter of your car, your microwave oven, computer, home security…

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Lenses Can Make the Light

When it comes to good interior design, more often than not, less is more. This rule applies to every aspect — including decorative lighting. Often the most interesting fixtures are those that showcase one particular design element — form, scale,…

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Working With Customer-Specified Materials

Designers looking to extend a particular aesthetic through light fixtures often turn to Hammerton to work with customer-specified materials. We can build ceiling lights with just about any type of material required, from the simple and straightforward to the wildly…

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Shop Talk: The 10-Inch Rule

What was it that allowed Hammerton to evolve from a young upstart in Park City to a nationally recognized luxury lighting brand? To the untrained eye, it may be wholly attributed to the unique styles of fixtures and the meticulous…

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Materials We Love: Rawhide

Rawhide’s Native American heritage does not limit this luxurious material to any one interior design style. While it often evokes the frontier culture of the American West, this material is exceedingly versatile. Rawhide can add distinctive character to a broad range…

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