Hamlet Hakobyan

Lamp maker

©Ani Khachatryan

©Tigran Sahakyan

©Ani Khachatryan

Engineered lamps

Hamlet is a professional light engineer who makes artisan lamps
He believes that skills develop with time
He recycles bottles, wood and fabric to make lamps

Hamlet Hakobyan’s lamp glows with a warm ambiance, a result of the time, care and attention to detail invested by hand making. A strong belief was instilled in Hamlet that skill develops with time, and the care taken by handmaking is experienced only during the time. Hamlet got the idea of making lamps while he was cleaning the basement of his home, he had an idea of making a lamp from organic glass and it turned out to be a focal point in his life. Lamp making became his business. Besides designing and making lamps, he works in public TV. Hamlet says "Lamp making is never going to be a dying craft as the light is eternal.’’ Hamlet’s lamps are environmentally friendly as he reuses and recycles different materials.

Interview

©Tigran Sahakyan

©Tigran Sahakyan

What was the starting point for your designs?: I was cleaning our basement and I had an idea to make a lamp with glass and an old wooden album case, the basement was a great place to test lights and slowly the number of lamps grew, it became a business.
Do you consider lamp making a dying craft?: There are not many people who make lamps nowadays, I think it is never going to be a dying craft as the light is eternal. People always need lamps, and it is always going to be a demanded decor.
Are your lamps environmentally friendly?: I reuse wood, fabric, glass bottles and organic glass. I believe that one can make things without any budget by recycling things, it takes some time to experiment with recycling until it becomes sustainable.
How do you handle your main job and lamp art?: I started lamp making five years ago. I am a professional light engineer and I used to work for public TV as a light designer and engineer. I have now created my very own world of lights.

Hamlet Hakobyan is a rising star: he began his career in 2020