Daks : Do you have a favourite lamp? Peploe : I have two favorite lamps. The first is the Hilo. I love the low-cantilevered ceramic body with the partnering of the wood components. We originally designed this without the wood foot so the ceramic continued to the tabletop, but the weight of the clay in combination with the cantilever caused the clay to warp. We finally realized that the only way to achieve this was to take the bottom of the ceramic away and replace it with a wood base. Sometimes the problems we encounter create opportunities and in this case, the wood base makes the lamp to me. My second choice is the Tall Baxter. I love the simplicity of the large hand-turned wood base transitioning into the ceramic body into the shade. It feels timeless and can live in so many contexts. Daks : What are your plans for the future? Peploe : Oh, glad that you asked! This fall we are launching a new lower price point line called Stone and Sawyer Studio. Daks : And finally—what does freedom mean to you? Peploe : Letting each of us be… with kindness and consideration.
Julian Peploe
My typical day-to-day starts at 5.30 am to workout, a couple of hours of emailing with clients and processing orders, and then much of my day is in the ceramics studio producing vessels. In the evening, I take the dogs for a run and then tend to work on construction or landscape at the house. Then I crash into bed and start over the next day. I often say that there’s not enough time in life to do everything I want so I tend to live with the intention of doing as much as I possibly can.
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