Unique lampshades and beautiful lamps crafted from large wood shavings reminiscent of the spirals produced by sharpening a pencil.

Japanese designer Nanako Kume reimagined pencil shavings, usually discarded without thought, as a source of artistic inspiration.

She designed a large-scale machine that functions like an oversized pencil sharpener, transforming blocks of dyed wood into continuous spirals.

Nanako Kume’s lampshades are an ode to childhood curiosity. She scales up pencil shaving into creative lamps.

Lampshades are pencil shavings, giant ones, created from real wood using a massive sharpener-like machine.

Each Pencil Shaving Lampshade begins as a solid block of carefully chosen wood. After dyeing and shaping, it’s “sharpened” into a spiral.

Pencil Shaving Lampshades are made with intention: wood chosen for grain and tone, edges dyed for contrast, and then shaped into spirals.

Elegant spirals of wood that seem to float in midair, diffusing light like poetry carved from timber.

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