Developed for Lowes Portfolio through Checkolite International
A four-light cage chandelier designed for Lowe's 2009 portfolio program at Checkolite International. The brief was open — chandelier concepts for Lowe's with the interpretation left to the designer — and the piece drew on the traditional lantern and birdcage vocabulary that lived in higher-end residential lighting at the time, reworked through a softer, more handmade frame language than the era's typical hard-edged geometric cages.
The fixture sits in a rounded, lantern-derived cage: a vertical drum form softened by a domed crown, with the upper and lower hoops echoing each other to bracket the volume. Within the cage, double-pass metalwork weaves a continuous diagonal lattice — curving rather than rigidly geometric — giving the silhouette decorative depth and a play of light and shadow across the wall. Spherical hardware accents mark the hoops at the top and bottom, picking up classic lantern detailing without quoting a specific period. A central four-arm cluster carries candle sockets in a quiet, restrained posture, letting the cage do the visual work.
The Cage Chandelier reworks a traditional lantern reference through curved metalwork — open structure holding light within a single continuous gesture.