Both deeply rooted in the natural world, artist and designer Jess Wheeler and Edward Bulmer, translate their shared passion into a hand-painted lighting collection.

Drawing inspiration from Edward’s garden and personal collection of antiquarian botanical books the collection playfully rearticulates foliage from the Acanthus plant “walking around Edward’s garden and woodland together led us to discover a shared love of the majestic plant.” Says Jess who gently manipulates the majestic leaves, casting from life to create her signature wall lights. Beautifully combining their creative languages, each piece is finished in hand-painted Autumnal hues selected together by the pair from the Edward Bulmer Natural Paint collection.

“No other plant unites the ancient and modern world, architecture and sculpture, nature and artifice quite like Acanthus. My roots are in classical architecture and its roots are in the adoption of forms first used over two thousand years ago. Prince among these was the Acanthus plant with its wonderful leaves and tendrils. I could think of no better leaf to offer Jess to work her magic; it grows today, as it did then, with the vigour to reach skyward with its towering floral bracts and luxurious lobed leaves.” Says Edward.

Photography by Lottie Hampson