Charlotte Packe

Some pieces in your home stay with you over the years and decades and somehow manage to evolve and settle in to new spaces as you do, holding their distinctive quality and relevance. Charlotte Packe’s designs are a fine example of this. I own lamps and mirrors, the collection of which has grown with me like good friends. Charlotte has a rare sensitivity for materials which not only compliments the overall aesthetic, but also the actual effect on the light source and it’s radiation.

Susanna Cook, The Merchants Table.

Custom or Bespoke

I make an increasing amount of work to commission, for both private and public clients.

Please feel welcome to contact me to discuss a potential project.

All luminaires are PAT tested.

Locally made in Britain

Everything I make is designed and created exclusively in Britain, a light design will go through many processes from initial sketch - crucial to capturing the spirit of the piece, to balance, like a piece of sculpture the negative and positive space needs to be considered, then to materials choices and finishers which will work within the clients budget.

Awards

The International Design Year Book 1993, Calyx lamp

Muji, 2005, Childrens Activity Range

Colettes Paris, Workshop 2010

Charlotte Packe is a lighting designer and artist who was born in Suffolk and studied at Goldsmiths College. She has been working with lighting since 1990, creating lighting installations and designing bespoke luminaires for private and corporate clients as well as manufacturing small batch runs for selective retail outlets and boutique hotels.

Always materials inspired, working on refining and paring back with a natural influence from nature and aiming to bring calm sculptural lighting working with warmth and restraint with carefully selected materials all to enhance light within our home.

'Light is one of the most magical forces, it is the most important element in our world and therefore within our home. I am inspired and in awe by light and to be able to work with such a magical force and then to select materials which control, capture, direct and enhance - it is the best part of the world we live in."

My work is inspired by materials, where light enhances its light source through design. With this comes the interaction and function of the light, be they for decorative or task lighting.

The families I have created act as inspiration for future designs.

For me it is about designing the right luminaire for the space, I will meet and talk with the client or interior designer so we can discuss ideas and the architecture, textures, colours and space.

My experience has grown with working with a variety of materials. I work as a sculptor with my materials, forming the shapes from clay or paper maquettes, assembling parts and patination or waxing techniques. I will also work closely with local artisans and engineers who are all based in the U.K. Glass makers and metal workers and even saddle makers, if the design requires.