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# Handmade Copper Lighting
Bella Luz Studios's Illuminated Copper-Framed Art Panels

By Katie Cordrey | Published 2009-11-02 | Art & Design
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bella-luz-lights
References: [bellaluz](http://www.bellaluz.com/) & [warwicks.indiebound](http://warwicks.indiebound.com/luminettes-bella-luz-designs)

Joline El-Hai’s magical Seattle-based [Bella Luz](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/breakaway-music-festivals) lights include luminettes—night lights, [wall sconces](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/barnacle-wall-sconce), [tri-corner table lanterns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fable-lantern), swan-neck lamps, string-of-light covers, one-of-a-kind suitcase lightboxes and Judaica.

Vibrant pastel and colored pencil drawings are photographically reproduced onto durable, translucent, heat and light-resistant plastic film. The film is placed in fanciful hand-textured copper frames and illuminated by a light bulb.

The most popular images are available as cards, edged in a copper filigree and come with a metallic copper envelope.

## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 2.0/10
- Popularity: 42% | Activity: 10% | Freshness: 8%
- Audience gender: 30% men, 70% women
- Primary generations: Millennial
- Top markets: North America, Europe

## Categories

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## Key Themes

### Key Themes Behind This Trend

- **Translucent Heat-resistant Film:** Opportunity for creating durable, heat and light-resistant film for various applications.
- **Hand-textured Copper Frames:** Potential for hand-textured copper frames in various art and decor products.
- **Photographic Reproduction Technology:** Disruptive innovation possibilities in the field of photographic reproduction onto different materials.

### Where This Applies

- **Home Decor:** Disruption in home decor industry by incorporating heat-resistant film and hand-textured copper frames into lighting and artistic products.
- **Art Printing:** Innovations in the art printing industry with the use of photographic reproduction technology on different materials.
- **Stationery:** Opportunity for disruption in the stationery industry with metallic copper envelopes and copper filigree-edged cards.

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