At Quittner, our process is slow...probably frustratingly and confusingly slow, so we want to do a better job demystifying it.
We'll start with the Hallie, our anchor flush mount inspired by a midcentury form. Each Hallie starts with a bucket of white mud. This is the porcelain slip. The slip gets poured into a plaster mold. It sits for a few precisely measured minutes and then is dumped out. Then it sits longer until it can be unmolded and trimmed.
From there it dries for days, depending on humidity, before it's first firing. Then comes glaze, and another firing. At each step, pieces break or warp or simply don't hit our standards. Tragically, that is time and effort gone.
From the studio, finished forms go into the workshop. There, we wire and UL List each light, a battery of tests that ensure safety and a high standard of excellence.
After testing, they are boxed and shelved, but most often immediately shipped to homeowners, interior designers, and architects across the country.
Best case, this all takes 4 weeks. So it's slow, but it's also done right.
