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CLATE GRUNDEN HAS BEEN DEVELOPING HIS COLLECTION OF HANDMADE LIGHTING SINCE 2000. THE LINE FIRST BEGAN WITH THE COLLECTION OF PAPYRUS LIGHT FIXTURES AND THE CERAMIC LAMPS SOON FOLLOWED. BOTH WERE ORIGINALLY INSPIRED BY MID-CENTURY
CERAMICS AND LIGHT FIXTURES. CLATE'S WORK HAS RECENTLY TAKEN A MORE MODERN, BRUTALIST FEEL, WITH A FOCUS ON HANDMADE UNIQUENESS AND ORGANIC LINES. ALL OF HIS WORK IS INFORMED BY AN APPRECIATION OF NATURAL IMPERFECTIONS AND HIGHLIGHTING THE INHERIT QUALITIES OF THE MATERIALS.
CLATE CURRENTLY LIVES AND PRODUCES HIS WORK IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.