Sunflower Petal Lamp

Overlapping petals radiate from a central boss, arranged the way a sunflower packs its ray florets around the seed head, and that geometry is what does the work once a bulb sits behind it. The layered edges break the light up rather than letting it leave in one flat sheet. Unlit, it reads as a piece of botanical sculpture: recognisably a flower, but abstracted far enough that it belongs on a bedside table or a hallway shelf instead of in the novelty drawer. Switched on, the overlaps start throwing shadow onto the wall behind, which is really the point of building a shade around a repeating natural form. It comes as a single file, and it suits anyone furnishing a room in stages who would rather add one sculptural light than another plain shade.