Hokore Pendant TSUMUGI Centred above a double bed

Centred above a double bed or sofa

then swelling softly into a full

curved shade

this is the larger Enso — a generous line of light for longer tables and more expansive rooms

Hokore Pendant TSUMUGI Centred above a double bedHokore means proud in Japanese, and the form follows: tiers of curved bamboo ribs sweeping outward and overlapping, like a flower bud caught in the act of opening. It is handcrafted from nearly a thousand fine bamboo strips in the traditional Suruga takesensuji craft a technique of round, hair fine bamboo, worked one strip at a time. There is no shade: the structure is left open, so light passes between the lines and Hokore casts a sculptural play of