The newly introduced Loon lighting collection is Coil + Drift’s first collection designed and built entirely in-house from conception to production. The concept and inspiration of the fixtures is rooted in the Catskill Mountains. It’s there that the brand opened their 3,000-square-foot studio in 2022, and where all of Coil + Drift’s lighting is now produced. What Loon represents is a new place-driven design language for the brand’s founder, John Sorensen-Jolink.
Early sketches of the collection were inspired by owl wings, leaves, and dry seeds. These initial ideas were then turned into sand-cast forms made by a local metal forge. Sorensen-Jolink describes the resulting lighting as an exploration of what it’s been like to live close to nature in a community that still values and honors craft.
Loon’s eight fixtures are split into two families: Foundry and Ridge. Foundry relies on sand-casting to create its weighty, textured forms that resemble Trumpet flowers dangling from the ceiling. Meanwhile, Ridge looks to the study of a curved, symmetrical, leaf-like form inspired by the outstretched wingspan of a bird for the opposite – lightness.
The collection expands upon a range of metals and living patina finishes, a multi-colored verdigris on brass that includes hues of green, yellow, and pink. Corten covers cast iron to create intentional rust. Sorensen-Jolink’s exploration of hand-applied metal finishes is now available across all Coil + Drift’s fixtures.
![red-hued lighting pendant](https://myproperty.life/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/thank-the-catskill-mountains-for-the-loon-lighting-collection-6.jpg)
Foundry Medium Pendant
![black-hued lighting pendant](https://myproperty.life/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/thank-the-catskill-mountains-for-the-loon-lighting-collection-7.jpg)
Foundry Medium Pendant
![detail of gold-hued lighting pendant](https://myproperty.life/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/thank-the-catskill-mountains-for-the-loon-lighting-collection-8.jpg)
Foundry Large Pendant
![red-hued lighting pendant](https://myproperty.life/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/thank-the-catskill-mountains-for-the-loon-lighting-collection-9.jpg)
Foundry Small Pendant
![detail of gold-hued lighting pendant](https://myproperty.life/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/thank-the-catskill-mountains-for-the-loon-lighting-collection-10.jpg)
Foundry Small Pendant
![gold-hued lighting sconce](https://myproperty.life/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/thank-the-catskill-mountains-for-the-loon-lighting-collection-11.jpg)
Foundry Sconce
![detail of gold-hued lighting sconce](https://myproperty.life/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/thank-the-catskill-mountains-for-the-loon-lighting-collection-12.jpg)
Foundry Sconce
![chandelier with metal leaf-shaped bulb covers](https://myproperty.life/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/thank-the-catskill-mountains-for-the-loon-lighting-collection-13.jpg)
Ridge Chandelier
![detail of metal leaf-shaped bulb covers](https://myproperty.life/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/thank-the-catskill-mountains-for-the-loon-lighting-collection-14.jpg)
Ridge Chandelier
![verdegris folded circle pendant light](https://myproperty.life/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/thank-the-catskill-mountains-for-the-loon-lighting-collection-15.jpg)
Ridge Pendant
![black leaf-shaped wall sconce](https://myproperty.life/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/thank-the-catskill-mountains-for-the-loon-lighting-collection-16.jpg)
Ridge Sconce
![silver leaf-shaped wall sconce](https://myproperty.life/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/thank-the-catskill-mountains-for-the-loon-lighting-collection-17.jpg)
Ridge Sconce
![gold leaf-shaped wall sconce](https://myproperty.life/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/thank-the-catskill-mountains-for-the-loon-lighting-collection-18.jpg)
Ridge Sconce
To learn more about Coil + Drift’s Loon lighting collection, visit coilanddrift.com.
Photography by Zach Hyman.