Petra Naruses is the creative mind behind a range of wired, beaded and recycled light fittings, lampshades, mobiles and decorative crafts for the home. Using recycled material such as beer-bottle tops, caps, wire, bicycle tyres, makalani shells and old zinc sheets, Petra creates a remarkable variety of popular lampshades and light fittings. Combining Namibia’s natural landscape colour palettes (earthy browns, rusty reds, sandy tans) with bright, shiny wire mesh or dulled rusted wire, lends an almost otherworldly ‘look and feel’ to the mobiles and light-fittings.
The handmade light fittings in particular are versatile enough to stylishly compliment the interiors of both chic urban and elegant, rural farmsteads. The natural materials (acacia seeds, old zinc, pips, pods, and driftwood) combined in the making of the mobiles, a welcome addition to any home, betray an artistically-oriented patterned organisation.