In this year's thoughtful gift guide, Tom Raffield showcases a mix of their most iconic and best-selling pieces alongside designs fresh from their wooden workshop – each with a promise to charm and enthral for decades to come.

A Tom Raffield design is not just a gift for today, but an heirloom for tomorrow. Emphasising the importance of shopping sustainably and thoughtfully, Tom Raffield’s lighting designs are handcrafted to be handed down and enjoyed as a timeless heirloom – suiting any interior style.

Handcrafted with sustainability in mind, Tom Raffield's homeware designs seamlessly integrate with nature. Each product is meticulously shaped by hand, utilising sustainable wood, and employing a pioneering steam bending technique that transforms them into sculptural masterpieces.

Under £150

Explore a curated selection of timeless lighting pieces that make the perfect gift whilst keeping to your festive budget. Explore Tom Raffield's range of planet conscious table, wall, and ceiling light designs that will keep you on the nice list…

Norden Lighting Range. Inspired by the glowing purpose of the Northern Star, the Norden Lighting Range combines minimalism and infinite wonder. Marrying beautiful oak and an exquisite, exposed bulb, this lighting range transforms your home with a stunning focal point that echoes the astral world.

Archer Table Light. Inspired by industrial simplicity, the Archer Table Light is handcrafted from steam bent oak wood and is accented by a brass light fitting that nestles into its architectural base. A striking, standalone table light design that showcases confident curves and a timeless aesthetic.

Kanna Drum Pendant. Diffusing a warm glow into its surroundings, the elegant layer of sustainably sourced oak or walnut gently cocoons the bulb, allowing the organic wooden grain to take centre stage.

Bue Pendant. Indulge in the serene presence of the Bue Pendant, as the ceramic lampshade transforms your surroundings into a haven of serenity with its timeless design. The dome-shaped, hand-glazed earthenware lightshade cocoons the bulb to cast a gentle downlighting that invites relaxation.

Artus Pendant Small. 118 ethereal dowels are slotted into a laser-cut birch plywood frame to shroud an exposed filament bulb. Intricately placed, each illuminated pillar distributes kaleidoscopic, vertical shadows that mesmerise the eye of the beholder.

New Beginnings

Handcrafted, to be handed down. From new homeowners to new parents, our timeless heirlooms that are perfect for celebrating fresh phases of life…

Solis Skipper Pendant. The Solis Skipper Pendant merges Scandinavian design principles with our signature aesthetic. Crafted from beautiful, whitened oak, this achromatic design features a hand-shaped open structure that radiates light upward and outward.

Drift Pendant. Casting shadows that seamlessly float and settle in buoyant tranquillity, the Drift Pendant creates a light show that disperses softly; rippling, cresting and breaking around the room, then pooling in tidal calm.

Hanter Wall Light. Use the wooden Hanter Wall Light to restore calm in bustling kitchens, hallways, or living spaces. Radiating endless illumination and a sharp design aesthetic, this wooden wall light is the ultimate balance between form and function.

Skipper Portable Table Light. A portable table lamp that celebrates natural materials and handcrafted skill, the wireless table light is created from twelve individual, sustainably sourced ash, oak, or walnut wood petals and designed to produce golden light.

Raya Table Light. The opulent wooden table light calms interiors with its solar inspired design and is easily suited to bustling hallways, soothing bedside lighting and contemporary home office spaces.

Whimsical Wonderland

Discover versatile pieces that are bursting with joy. Boasting characterful and dynamic designs, these pieces transform spaces with the flick of a switch.

Urchin Wall Light. 17 taut curves fused together with laser cut birch plates, carefully manipulated to conceal the bulb. Sustainable ash, oak or walnut sees light escape through the seams, creating pools of brightness in the dark. 

Artus Table Light. A fine birch dowel cage contains its blown-glass bulb within. Daring yet delicate, the Artus Table Light diffracts a mesmerising pattern of shadows, dramatising your space.

Elin Table Light. Harness the beauty of light in motion with the Elin Table Light. This thoughtfully designed wooden desk light embraces change, allowing you to not only control the direction of its glow, but also offers height adjustment along its robust, sustainably sourced oak foundations. 

Arame Pendant. Elemental, geometric, sequential. A surge of optical energy; a silhouette of sustainable craftsmanship. Switched on or off, boundless shadows unfurl, pirouette and tumble in kaleidoscopic tessellation creating an extraordinary spectacle in your space.

Verso Portable Table Light. Stylish, sustainable, and rechargeable. Looping to create eye-catching asymmetry, the Verso Portable Table Light is cleverly crafted from one continuous length of sustainably sourced timber that soars around the warm glow of an exposed bulb to cast a beautiful blend of light and shadow across your tabletop.

Semper Pendant. Adaptable and intuitive by design, the versatile Semper Pendant can be positioned to eclipse its bulb by aligning all three layers in a horizontal ‘drum’ formation to create dramatic downlighting or angled to guide focused beams of light by tilting each section to release a bright, directional display wherever you need it.

Festive in Nature

Soothe your soul with curving, nature inspired designs. The perfect feel-good gift for loved ones, or yourself, these wooden lighting designs imbue your home with the magic of handcrafted charm…

Verso Pendant. Igniting creativity within your space, the Verso Pendant looks different from every angle and exhibits its varying form to add playful personality to a wide range of interiors.

Loer Pendant. Meaning ‘Moon’ in Cornish, the Loer Pendant showcases a translucent glass orb with clouded bands of warm celestial white light which suspends within a sleek halo of supple ash wood. Held in place by brass detailed fixings that reflect the soft illustrious glow of the spherical globe when illuminated, the opulent Loer Pendant looks equally as eye-catching when switched off.

Neap Wall Light. Tracing from crest to trough, a single piece of sustainably sourced oak or walnut wood seamlessly intertwines to form an enigmatic wall light. Mirroring the moon’s gravitational pull over the tide, the Neap Wall Light’s wooden silhouette showcases continuity.

Enka Pendant. Exuding calm, the Enka Pendant celebrates the relationship between two traditional crafts. Working in harmony, a steam bent arch of sustainably sourced ash wood provides an aura for the dome-shaped, hand-glazed earthenware lampshade.

Shore Pendant. Adorning homes with the calming complexity of coastal forms, the Shore Pendant graces interiors with curving form. A soothing interpretation of barrelling waves, the Shore’s enveloping sustainably sourced ash, oak, or walnut is hand curved to provide a wooden lampshade that is different from every angle.

Eccentric Fairytale

For hosts that deserve the most, and spaces that demand attention, our awe inspiring pieces invite instant ambiance to any home…

Maju Pendant. The Maju Pendant is a stunning tiered ceiling light, expertly handcrafted to create an unusual silhouette that serves as a true centrepiece. Delicate wooden dowels are precisely united within birch rings wrapped in sustainably sourced ash, then thoughtfully assembled to create a sculptural pendant.

Sakura Pendant. The Sakura Pendant showcases a striking conical silhouette that draws awe from every angle. Delicate wooden dowels are thoughtfully aligned within two birch rings, swathed in sustainably sourced ash to create a shallow cone lampshade that ignites character in any space.

Cape Pendant. Handcrafted timber peaks and barrels. In its folds, light gathers and shadows are cast, creating focus and atmosphere. Sustainably sourced ash, oak, or walnut loop in layers to compliment, emphasise or elevate the space it claims. Soothing living spaces or bedrooms with its looping form, this wooden ceiling pendant invites comfort.

Urchin Table Light. Warm light gathers between strips of wood. Flexed to the brink then fixed into an organic sphere inspired by sandcombed shells, our Urchin Table Light brings atmosphere in abundance.

Gwenen Pendant. Meticulously crafted by hand, layered loops of sustainably sourced ash, oak, or walnut, weave together to produce this designer wooden ceiling light. Well suited for dining spaces, hallways, and bedrooms alike, the Gwenen Pendant effortlessly becomes the focal point of any room, casting a mesmerising pattern of light and shadows whilst radiating with an aura of wonder.

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About Tom Raffield

Our purpose is to create new ways of living with our original, timeless objects that are inspired by the natural world that surrounds us here in Cornwall. Our artisan lighting, furniture and accessory designs are handcrafted by our skilled team of makers to last a lifetime using traditional craft processes in sustainable and innovative ways. We aim to transform spaces and leave a lasting impact without having an impact on the very thing that drives us - nature. We are the antidote to over consumption and hope to inspire a like-minded conscious community, helping to create a world where people and nature thrive for future generations to enjoy.

Since discovering the traditional, age-old technique of steam bending wood whilst studying his degree in 3D Sustainability & Design, Tom has been on an incredible self-taught journey of developing and understanding the process to become one of the world leaders in his craft. Tom’s fascination with the ecological technique allows him to create intricate pieces of art that curve and twist, mimicking organic shapes and celebrating the very thing that inspires him - nature.

Tom Raffield is one of a new generation of designers and makers, using his craft in innovative and contemporary ways. Leading the charge in sustainable design, he is driven to forge a path to excellence and cause as little environmental impact as possible along the way.

His passion and skill are now shared with his talented team of craftspeople, together they create objects that symbolise nature, tell a story and will last a lifetime, all whilst protecting the natural world.

“Each piece we create has been on an experimental journey - individual, organic and carefully considered. We source everything from sustainable woodlands, which, coupled with the low energy steam bending process, is a very ecological practice with little wastage,” explains Tom Raffield, founder.

Handcrafted in their BREEAM Excellent studios in Cornwall, England, the range of contemporary lighting, furniture and accessories Tom Raffield creates is based on beauty, integrity and a desire to create unique, high specification objects that will be cherished by their owners for years to come.

Sustainability at Tom Raffield

With the smallest ecological footprint possible, Tom Raffield forge a path to excellence, crafting the heirlooms of the future whilst protecting the natural world that inspires them. Find out more here.

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Posted: 20.11.24