Salù Iwadi Studio is a design studio at the intersection of creativity and cultural exploration, dedicated to uncovering and celebrating the rich heritage of the African diaspora.
1 of the 2 Gèlèdé Lamp Vertically Aligned Vessels, Salù Iwadi Studio
1 of the 2 Gèlèdé lamps with vertically aligned vessels, Salù Iwadi Studio.
A sculptural lamp collection grounded in the Gèlèdé tradition, where the power of women within the community is publicly celebrated as an essential act to social balance, continuity, and the generative force of life itself.
The lamps are composed of ovoid carved oak wooden vessels that evoke the womb, the calabash, and the orí, the head regarded in Yoruba culture as the seat of destiny. Each vessel is pierced by sand-cast brass spirals that compress and filter light, releasing it outward with measured intensity. This layered interplay of wood and brass creates an architecture of restraint where illumination is disciplined, protected, and gradually revealed.
The three vertically aligned vessels are a symbol of ancestor, mother, and child. A temporal continuity made upright.
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