TOSSA
The Art of Woven Light
Inspired by the quiet beauty of natural fibres, Tossa brings together thread, jute, cane, wood and metal in a collection shaped by hand, texture and light.
Tossa Carmen
Linear multi-light statement chandelier in woven rattan cane & linen fabric.
Tossa Diego
Hand-wound natural jute rope shade with soft cotton tassel fringe.
Tossa Hugo Arc Light
Gooseneck brass arc wall luminaire with woven raffia shade & glass globe.
Woven Architecture in Motion
The Heritage of Tossa Jute Reimagined
The name Tossa draws from Tossa Jute, a natural golden fibre celebrated globally for its organic strength, rich silky texture, and unmistakable character. We reinterpret that timeless craft through the lens of contemporary architectural lighting.
By winding, weaving and layering individual fibres around sculpted mathematical armatures, we create something far greater than the raw material itself — an ethereal lighting structure that breathes life into living environments.
“Every strand carries an organic pulse. When light passes through, craft becomes atmosphere.”
— Edison Lighting Design Studio
Golden Tossa Strands
Tossa jute is retted and sun-cured rather than chemically bleached, which is why the fibre keeps its uneven golden tone and its natural lustre. Every strand arrives slightly different in thickness and colour, and we sort for that variation rather than correct it — it is what stops a finished shade looking machine-made.
Under light the fibre behaves less like a screen and more like a filter. Thin sections glow amber, denser passes hold the light back, and the shade reads warm from the outside while what lands in the room stays soft.
Hand-Tensioned Winding
Each strand is wound onto the armature by hand, one pass at a time, at a spacing the maker judges by eye and by feel. Tension is the whole craft: too loose and the weave sags out of shape, too tight and the fibre loses the softness that made it worth using.
Because the spacing is set by hand rather than by machine, the interval opens and closes very slightly across the form. That is what produces the moving shadow a fixture throws across a wall — a perfectly regular weave would cast a flat grid.
Solid Walnut Collars
A turned walnut collar caps each luminaire where the shade meets its suspension. Solid timber rather than veneer, so the profile can be shaped deeply enough to hold the weave and still read as a single quiet line.
The grain is hand-waxed rather than lacquered, which keeps the surface matt and lets it darken gently with use. It is the one element on the fixture meant to change over the years.
PVD Brushed Brass
The armature beneath the weave is brass, brushed and PVD-finished so the colour holds without a lacquer that could yellow or flake. It carries the entire form — every strand is tensioned against it, so it has to stay true.
Brushed rather than polished, because a mirror finish would throw hard reflections back through the fibre. The softer surface picks the warm light up and returns it as a glow along the frame.
When Illuminated, Texture Becomes Light
When illuminated, the texture becomes part of the light. Fine threads soften the glow, natural cane creates delicate shadows, and warm timber accents bring depth to the composition. Metal provides the structure, while the hand-finished materials bring warmth and individuality.
Softened Diffusion
Fine thread layers act as an organic optical filter, scattering point-source glare into an enveloping, velvety luminance (UGR < 14) with Ra 97+ true color rendering.
Delicate Shadows
The open-weave natural cane perimeter acts as an architectural stencil, casting poetic lattice shadow ribbons across ceiling canopies and adjoining walls.
Enduring Architecture
Underneath the soft woven exterior sits an aerospace aluminium skeleton and SELV isolated driver, guaranteeing 70,000+ hours of flawless photometric life.
A Meeting of Opposites
Natural & Architectural
Raw, unrefined organic jute and cane fibres harmonized with mathematically precise, CNC-machined metal housings.
Delicate & Enduring
Fine hand-wound threads providing visual lightness and elegance, anchored by rugged aviation structural armatures.
Traditional & Contemporary
Centuries-old artisanal Indian weaving traditions re-engineered for state-of-the-art DALI, 0-10V, and Casambi smart dimming protocols.
Steel Armature & Warm Turned Wood
Several signature TOSSA luminaires are crafted with interchangeable structural expressions — precision CNC-machined steel contrasted with organic lathe-turned timber and geometric canopy variants. Select a family pair below to compare materiality, dimensions, and architectural quad-views.
Steel vs. Wooden Expression · Item Nos: 64927-C-WD & 64927-C
Favilla
Handcrafted from Thread + Wood + Metal, the Favilla luminaire is an authentic piece from the Edison TOSSA Signature Collection. Featuring artisanal weaving and precision hardware, it diffuses ambient warm light with organic texture. Available in Wooden.
Veloce
Handcrafted from Thread + Metal, the Veloce luminaire is an authentic piece from the Edison TOSSA Signature Collection. Featuring artisanal weaving and precision hardware, it diffuses ambient warm light with organic texture. Available in Steel/Metal.
Curated Tossa Pieces
Every piece is designed not simply to illuminate a room, but to give light a texture of its own. Handcrafted to order in custom finishes.
Shaped by Hand, Texture & Light
Tossa brings together thread, jute, cane, wood and metal in meticulous balance.
Golden Tossa Jute
Bengal River ValleyKnown for its unmatched tensile strength, silky sheen, and rich golden-brown tonal variation. Each strand is hand-inspected before winding.
Woven Natural Cane
Assam Sustainable PlantationsCarefully split and hand-woven in open octagonal lattice patterns that temper light output into intricate, poetic ambient wall shadows.
Hand-Wound Threads
Natural Cotton & Raw Silk MatrixThousands of continuous fine threads wound around internal structural rings at precise angular intervals to soften raw LED luminance.
Solid Turned Timber
FSC-Certified Walnut & AshPrecision CNC lathed and hand-waxed wooden collars and finials that provide an earthy tactile contrast to the ethereal woven fibres.
Architectural Metal
Aviation-Grade Aluminium & BrassLaser-cut structural frames finished in hand-brushed brass, blackened bronze, and satin nickel to keep the organic fibres permanently tensioned.
Tossa In Situ
Contemporary Villa Dining
Tossa Halo Chandelier suspended over live-edge dining table
Boutique Heritage Suite
Dual Tossa Grand Pendants casting warm woven shadows
Architectural Corridor Sconces
Backlit jute web sconces grazing textured lime-plaster walls
Tossa — where natural craft meets modern light.
Specify Tossa for your upcoming architectural project or request an exclusive physical material swatch box featuring hand-woven jute, rattan cane, and timber samples.