One Fish, Two Fish, Glass Fish, Gold Fish. New Shoal Lights From Scabetti.

I introduced you to Dominic Bromley and his stunning lamps for Scabetti way back in 2007. Since then, his beautiful Shoal light made of fine bone china fish that seem to be suspended as swimming in a school (hence the name) has expanded into a line that includes various sizes, custom versions and even special new editions such as glass and gold.

Gold:

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China:



Fine Bone China Shoal lights:
A mass of fine bone china fish carrying delicate sculpted detail, circle a central beam of light, creating a captivating cylindrical form. Each fish is lit not only by reflected light from its neighbours but also from within, with the light passing through the delicate translucent china body.

Shoal 64- made with 64 fine bone china fish.
size: 35cm (14") diameter, 20cm (8") tall

Shoal 186- made with 186 fine bone china fish.
size: 50cm / 20” diameter, 85cm / 33" tall

Shoal 284- made with 284 fine bone china fish.
size: 50cm / 20” diameter, 120cm / 47” tall

Shoal 798- made with 708 fine bone china fish
size: 75cm / 29.5” diameter, 175cm / 69” tall:

Shoal 1672- made with 1672 fine bone china fish.
size: 1.5m / 59" diameter, 2m / 79" tall




Each Shoal is available in glazed or un-glazed fine bone china as well as in various sizes. Each fish is 16cm, (6”), long.

Custom sizes available too:




Recent addition
Shoal Glass 386- made with 386 glass fish
size: 750mm (2.95\") diameter, 850mm (3.35\") tall
(the Glass shoal is also be available in other sizes)


Special edition
A limited edition (ten) of the iconic Shoal light sculpture, made with one hundred and eighty six fine bone china fish plated in twenty four carat gold.
24ct gold coating on 186 fine bone china fish and 24ct gold plated suspension frame and lines.
size: 50cm (20”) diameter, 85cm (33") tall



To place an order or request a price list please contact Scabetti directly via:
t: +44 (0) 1538 371 471
e: info@scabetti.co.uk

Scabetti
13 Town Yard,
Station Street, Leek,
Staffordshire, ST13 8BF. England.

Gallery address (open by appointment only)
30 Stockwell Street,
Leek, ST13 6DS.

Scabetti's Newest Lamps from 100% Futures Show

One of the exhibitors in 100% Futures, a section from the 100% Design show going on now in London, is Dominic Bromley of Scabetti Designs.

His lamps in the show are fabulous and will be released for purchase any day now. You can say you saw them here first!

His pendant lamp collection:


And his amazing Shoal light :
The light/sculpture is comprised of three layers of translucent bone china fish that are suspended from a ceiling fixture, thereby creating a snapshot of a dense shoal of fish swarming around a light source. This cylindrical shoal has an outer diameter of 2m.





The designer behind Scabetti is the English born Dominic Bromley and his wife, Frances. Although trained in product design, it was the world of interiors (and the varied objects that inhabit that world) that most interested him. Having been raised in North Staffordshire, a part of England with a rich heritage in ceramics, it was only natural that his desire to create strong sculptural forms should become manifested in clay.


Above: Dominic and Frances Bromley



In the world of Scabetti, function has to follow form. Dominic Bromley has and is still influenced by the work of mid-century artists such as Jean Arp, Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore. Furniture design is always a real inspiration, particularly the chairs of Scandinavian designers such as Eerio Aarnio (plastic fantastic) and Arne Jacobsen (beautiful wooden furniture and classic egg chair) and mid-century designers such as Charles and Ray Eames, right through to the stunning polished aluminium loungers of Marc Newson.

visit the Scabetti site here.

For further information on Scabetti, Dominic and Frances Bromley, please
telephone (during UK working hours) +44 (0) 1538 371 471 or email