The Journal

The Hands That Make the Light: A conversation with Indra, master craftsman and rattan frame maker at Lumiere Shades, Bali.

The Hands That Make the Light: A conversation with Indra, master craftsman and rattan frame maker at Lumiere Shades, Bali.

By Wendy Grobbelaar May 15, 2026

In a workshop in Bali, the work begins before the day heats up. Raw rattan arrives in coils lengths of it, pale and pliable and by the time Indra has...

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Made by Hand: On the materials, the process, and the craft tradition behind every Lumiere shade.

Made by Hand: On the materials, the process, and the craft tradition behind every Lumiere shade.

By Wendy Grobbelaar May 5, 2026

There is a particular quality of light that only linen produces. Not the brightness of glass, not the uniformity of synthetic fabric, something warmer and less resolved than either. Light...

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