Nova Scotia Canada Artist Designer Botanical Floral Lamps Shades One-of-a-kind Home Decor Lighting

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At StoneLeaf Lamps, artisan Anna Spooner, juried member of the Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council, creates functional home decor lighting and natural art forms with her original botanical lampshade designs on naturally sculpted stone bases from the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Photo credit: Dick Groot

“Day after day you live with one of these lamps and slowly you become aware of the fine details of the stone base and the plants in the lampshade. Intricacies in the silhouette of the plant, its veins or the subtle changes of colour come to your attention. The stone base has subtle nuances of colours, lines and cracks. Having become consciously aware of these details you may begin to notice the details of nature in other parts of your life – how the sun shines through the leaves in the trees, the shadows the leaves cast, the details of the tree trunk’s texture and how the twigs criss-cross in the canopy. Enjoy this experience of looking, for no other reason than the beauty you will see.”

~Anna Spooner, artist

Nature Lives in the Art of Stoneleaf Lamps
Artists choose to express their creativity in forms as numerous as the grains in the sand. The freedom that exists with art allows one to translate the splendor all around and to express it in numerous ways and forms. In nature, artists have forever seen a beauty they long to translate beyond the casual form.

Lamps as Beautiful as Nature Itself
For Nova Scotia artist Anna Spooner, her creative instincts have been inspired by the natural beauty of her native land. This has led her to craft one-of-a-kind sturdy stone base lamps using native Nova Scotia stones. The stones are topped with handmade lamp shades adorned with flowers, leaves and other botanical treasures found on the Bay of Fundy.

StoneLeaf Lamps celebrates the vigor and strength of nature while showcasing the fragility of life through the outlines of a simple flower, leaf or twig. Although beautiful in their serenity and quiet adornment, the elements come alive when light casts their rebirth in silhouette.

StoneLeaf Lamps are an expression of the beauty of natural surroundings, a place where four seasons spur along the life cycle of foliage and all the natural colors that the rich soils and clean air of this country harbor.

Beyond art to function.
Popular as accent pieces for any style of décor, the artist-designed lamps are as special as they are functional. No two lamps are the same. The natural stone is harvested in colors designed to compliment any décor, and the sturdy lamp bases are made to last a lifetime – and beyond.

“I enjoy creating lamps that allow people to bring nature inside. It’s exciting for me to take a material that might otherwise wither and blow away, combine it with a sturdy stone, and turn it into something that becomes a show piece for the home. It’s like giving nature a second life,” Anna says.

The designer lamp shades that Anna creates to accent the lamps are as unique as the scenes in nature where the materials are found. The artist designed shades are the crowning touch to the distinctive stone base lamps. The shades themselves offer a delicate finish that softens the stone. StoneLeaf Lamps have been enjoyed by satisfied customers around the world. Take a look through our gallery and see for yourself how beautiful nature can be when given new light.

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