Most people, at some point in their lives, come into contact with a table or chair with beautifully profiled lathe-turned legs. Many people even receive these as gifts from their parents when their furniture is passed down between generations. It is this tradition that inspired the design of The Heirloom Collection of pendant lights. Each pendant is made from locally sourced Knysna blackwood, brass, and white stoneware ceramic. The profile of each ceramic piece is designed to blend almost seamlessly with a standard GU10 LED bulb.

Carthage is a pendant named after an ancient Phoenician ruin located in what is now Tunisia, Africa. The ancient city was destroyed by the Roman Republic in the Third Punic War in 146 BC then re-developed as Roman Carthage, which became the major city of the Roman Empire in the province of Africa. The language of this pendant is simultaneously a nod to the ancient cultures of Northern Africa, and to their Roman conquerors. The city was ultimately brought to ruin by the Vandal invaders.

Persepolis is named after a ruined city located in ancient Persia (now Iran) which fell into ruin when Alexander the Great invaded the city and burned it down in an act of revenge for the burning of the Acropolis of Athens which occurred during the second Persian invasion of Greece.

Skellig is named after the Skellig Islands, off the South-West coast of Ireland, where a Gaelic Christian monastery was founded and abandoned after 6 centuries of occupation. The design language of this pendant is drawn from typically Western sources which have roots in Gaelic history. 

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