Episode founder Jesse Shaw likes to figure things out. A music lover, the Brooklyn, N.Y.-based designer taught himself how to play piano. Similarly, when he decided to pursue ceramics, he created his own curriculum, reading everything he could about technique before physically trying out his ideas. His resulting vibrantly painted pendants and table lamps embrace clay’s unpredictability and natural variation.

Each handmade and one of a kind, the fixtures are the antithesis of surgically precise lighting. Their character changes depending on viewing angle and state of illumination. Balancing restraint with spontaneity, the pieces honor ceramics’ history without being creatively bound by it.